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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The reverberations from Thursday's presidential debate continue, alongside consequential Supreme Court rulings.
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Business Insider's Polly Thompson tells NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben about the controversy surrounding Dell's return-to-office policies.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the NBA draft and Olympic doping.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to Hussein Ibish, a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, about Hamas’ strategy for the war in Gaza.
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One day after facing off on the debate stage, President Biden and former President Donald Trump held campaign rallies that built off of Thursday's debate performance.
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The Supreme Court said that prosecutors had overstepped when they used an obstruction law to charge one of the Jan. 6 attackers. The ruling may affect other prosecutions.
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President Biden and former President Trump took questions from CNN moderators for 90 minutes. Biden started out hard to follow. Trump confidently made assertions that were often factually wrong.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to UMass-Amherst economics professor Isabella Weber about how price controls could tame inflation.
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On this day before the presidential candidates debate, we have some debate prep for voters. Tuesday's briefing was on immigration -- and now the issue is the economy.
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International aid groups are struggling to provide relief across Sudan. Mohanad El Belal, co-founder of Khartoum Aid Kitchen, shares how some local kitchens are stepping in to feed hungry civilians.