Danielle Kurtzleben
Danielle Kurtzleben is a political correspondent assigned to NPR's Washington Desk. She appears on NPR shows, writes for the web, and is a regular on The NPR Politics Podcast. She is covering the 2020 presidential election, with particular focuses on on economic policy and gender politics.
Before joining NPR in 2015, Kurtzleben spent a year as a correspondent for Vox.com. As part of the site's original reporting team, she covered economics and business news.
Prior to Vox.com, Kurtzleben was with U.S. News & World Report for nearly four years, where she covered the economy, campaign finance and demographic issues. As associate editor, she launched Data Mine, a data visualization blog on usnews.com.
A native of Titonka, Iowa, Kurtzleben has a bachelor's degree in English from Carleton College. She also holds a master's degree in global communication from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
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Altogether, Believing is an elegant, impassioned demand that America see gender-based violence as a cultural and structural problem that hurts everyone, not just victims and survivors. -
Former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is emphasizing the issue heavily as he faces a tight race against Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin. It's the biggest campaign in the country this fall.
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Democrats are trying to galvanize voters in favor of abortion rights after Texas Republicans enacted controversial new restrictions. Their first major test is in Virginia's race for governor.
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Screenwriter Sarah Burgess focused the new series on three of the women at the center of the scandal. And in the process, she gives people a story different from what they think they know. -
The current divisions in the Democratic Party and its ideological shift can be explained, in part, by tracking how the word "progressive" became the chosen label for so many on the left. -
The race pits Nina Turner, an ally of Bernie Sanders and the so-called Squad, against Shontel Brown, who has endorsements from Hillary Clinton and James Clyburn. The contest could be close. -
In Ohio's 11th Congressional District, the two main candidates are Nina Turner and Shontel Brown. It's a local race, but it can also be seen as a microcosm of the national Democratic Party. -
New data gives us a clear picture of how President Joe Biden won in 2020, and reveals the voter groups Donald Trump improved with. That data might be encouraging to Republicans heading into 2022.
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Suburban voters and white men helped push Biden over the top, while Hispanic voters and white women swayed toward Trump. Those trends may shape strategy for Republicans and Democrats in 2022. -
Authors are unearthing fresh details on the pandemic response and election fallout. The difficulty they face discerning the truth and meaning from all of that reflects the turmoil of the Trump years.
