Divya Karthikeyan
Race & Equity ReporterDivya Karthikeyan covers Race & Equity for LPM.
Previously, she served as the Capitol Reporter for Kentucky Public Radio, a collaborative of stations including LPM, WEKU, WKYU and WKMS.
Originally from Chennai, India, she’s reported for national and international outlets on politics, climate change, gender and caste inequality in India. She started out in the U.S. as a graduate student at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and interned at The New Republic and Gotham Gazette.
Email Divya at dkarthikeyan@lpm.org.
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Horses are the stars of the Kentucky Derby. What some racegoers don’t know is that a large community of Latino immigrants forms the backbone of the world-renowned event. -
In Louisville, city workers clear homeless encampments year-round. But the practice gets particular attention ahead of the Kentucky Derby.
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A mass shooting last week at a bank in downtown Louisville left residents shaken and grieving, and the response has been different to the more frequent gun violence reported in the city.
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Mental health experts say the aftermath of a mass shooting brings up complex feelings, but finding community can help people cope.
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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represented Breonna Taylor’s family in a wrongful death lawsuit against the city, said judges should have questioned why Black people were disproportionately targeted in no-knock search warrants before issuing them.
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With a Publix and another Kroger planned in east Louisville, options for fresh food and grocery for West End residents run miles away from their neighborhoods.
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An audit of the Louisville Metro jail blames the 13 recent deaths in the facility on faulty design. It also calls for the city to build a new jail. Anti-incarceration advocates are frustrated the audit didn’t address issues beyond the conditions and operations of the jail.
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The summit hopes to draw opinions for sustainable interventions, societal re-entry, community mobilization and support for victims of gun violence.
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Threats of violence led the organizer of an all-ages drag show this weekend in eastern Kentucky to cancel. The goal was to raise funds for a clothing bank that would serve transgender youth.
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Two bills that aim to reform the state's troubled juvenile justice system after reports of assaults, riots and escapes in recent years now await Gov. Andy Beshear's signature.
