Yasmine Jumaa
Race and Equity ReporterYasmine Jumaa is WFPL’s race and equity reporter. A native Palestinian, she’s interested in issues of diversity, access and themes of inequality. Jumaa aims to engage with residents and amplify their voices to achieve accountability, meaningful change and a more equitable Louisville. She previously covered housing and evictions for NPR member station VPM in Richmond, Virginia, where she received regional, Edward R. Murrow Awards for excellence in diversity, equity and inclusion — and in sound. The Virginia Associated Press Broadcast Awards also recognized Jumaa's reporting on Richmond’s public housing authority in its best continuing coverage category. She also published a series investigating two state museums’ records on matters of equity — both internally and to the public. When Jumaa’s not reporting on her next story, she’s likely making a mess in the kitchen, trying to find a body of water to swim in or spending time with her dogs Nico and Mr. Junior.
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Last fall in Hardin County, a white middle school boy allegedly tried to rip the hijab from a Black, Muslim teen’s head. It resulted in a physical altercation. -
Menstrual products are currently subject to sales tax in Kentucky. But a proposal at the General Assembly seeks to change that. -
A proposal in the Kentucky General Assembly aims to protect people against utility shut-offs. -
Reading tablets for sighted people are advanced and comprehensive. But people who are blind rely on outdated devices with limited functions. The American Printing House for the Blind, a Louisville nonprofit, is part of a global initiative to improve them. -
A big winter storm is expected to hit the eastern and central parts of the country — including Kentucky — on Thursday. -
Ahead of the 2023 legislative session that starts next month, a Republican lawmaker pre-filed two bills aimed at LGBTQ youth. One of them would ban trans students from using their gender-aligning bathrooms in school. The other would prohibit doctors from identifying a child’s sex as anything other than male or female. -
Two grassroots groups are hosting holiday drives to benefit residents in different parts of eastern Kentucky. -
A bill that would make it a crime to insult police and create additional protest-related offenses has resurfaced in the Kentucky legislature. A similar measure was filed last year but failed to pass out of the General Assembly. -
One year ago, a Louisville grand jury indicted former Louisville Metro Police detective Brett Hankison on three counts of wanton endangerment, a Class D felony.
