Divya Karthikeyan
Race & Equity Reporter, Louisville Public MediaDivya 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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A recent executive order by President Donald Trump stops transgender, intersex and nonbinary people from updating the gender marker on their passports. Now, some Kentuckians say they are getting passports with the wrong gender marker. -
The Lexington-based Kentucky Equal Justice Center shut down operations Friday due to a lack of funding and an unpredictable political landscape. -
In Kentucky, recent research finds Black and Hispanic workers record lower median hourly wages than white workers. -
Louisville-based spirits maker Brown-Forman suspended its DEI policies last month after online pressure from a right-wing personality. It joins companies like Lowe’s, Tractor Supply and Harley Davidson in ending their DEI initiatives. -
The Safer Kentucky Act, which penalizes people experiencing homelessness for camping outside, will take effect next week. Some service providers in Louisville say it’s going to make homelessness worse. -
This year’s Southern Baptist Convention highlighted two controversial topics within the church: the condemnation of IVF and a narrowly failed ban on women pastors. But reforms to address clergy sex abuse stagnate. -
April is Second Chance Jobs Month, which highlights the need for job opportunities for formerly incarcerated people and re-entry support services to help them gain and keep employment. -
As correctional facilities in Kentucky and other states deal with overcrowding, researchers and community groups across the country are calling for more research into “post-incarceration syndrome.” -
Susan Mullins Kwaronhia:wi lives in Berea, Kentucky and works with students to pass down her ancestral traditions of music, art and dance. -
In the fallout of Kentucky’s addiction crisis, 11 counties are implementing a pilot program that aims to give people facing charges who have addiction issues a chance at a reset.
