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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Americans move more often than people from just about any other country. To kick off our summer series on moving, medical resident Art Hidalgo relates his move from New Orleans to Los Angeles.
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16 year-old Barcelona soccer player Lamine Yamal brought his homework with him to Euro 2024.
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A round up of this week's developments and drama in artificial intelligence: Apple announced a slew of AI features for its new iPhone and Elon Musk dropped his lawsuit against the maker of ChatGPT.
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More cattle are getting the bird flu virus, and it appears that people are a big factor in spreading it from herd-to-herd. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben talks to NPR Health correspondent Will Stone.
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A high-profile politician is shaking up the U.K.'s parliamentary race: Nigel Farage.
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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and Meadowlark Media 's Howard Bryant discuss the NBA Finals and remember "The Logo".
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Dozens of leaders, including VP Kamala Harris, attend a Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland this weekend. Russia is not invited, but might this meeting still hold promise for the war's end?
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The US Supreme Court ruled this week in favor of Starbucks in a case involving employees trying to unionize. What are the implications for companies and the labor movement?
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NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben speaks to reporter Jorge Valencia about banana brand Chiquita being found liable in US courts for deaths during the Colombian Civil War and the terror group it funded.
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Amid a tough week for President Joe Biden, his campaign reaches out to seniors: voters that he seems to making inroads with. Plus, former President Donald Trump sings a song of Republican unity.