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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Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren made her first campaign stops in West Virginia and Ohio since announcing her White House bid. President Trump carried both states in 2016.
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A record number of women were elected to Congress during the 2018 midterm elections. A new organization, called Supermajority, is trying to ensure that women's voices are heard in politics.
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Many Democrats are focused on winning back white, working-class voters. South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, an emerging 2020 candidate, has been reaching out to voters of color in big cities.
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Vice President Joe Biden is denying inappropriate behavior after a woman alleged unwanted touching at a 2014 campaign event, with Democrats forming differing interpretations of similar interactions.
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In field that contains several high-profile women presidential candidates, the Democratic men who are running for president are facing questions about gender roles on the 2020 campaign trail.
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The independent senator from Vermont held his first rallies as a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate over the weekend. He's raised more than $10 million and signed up a million volunteers.
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Economic pessimists seized on new data indicating an increase in car loan delinquencies as evidence of a looming recession, but a downturn is likely simply because of the economy's cyclical nature.
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The Senate majority leader wants to put the massive progressive climate change framework to a vote. Its Democratic sponsor is not pleased by the move from the top Senate Republican. -
The plan is massively ambitious and faces political blockades. Proponents believe it is what's necessary to start saving the world from the threat of climate change and to reshape the U.S. economy. -
Richmond, the capital of Virginia, is in turmoil, as a crisis engulfing the governor drags on for a fourth day, and an allegation of sexual assault surfaces against his lieutenant.
