Marisa Peñaloza is a senior producer on NPR's National Desk. Peñaloza's productions are among the signature pieces heard on NPR's award-winning newsmagazines Morning Edition and All Things Considered, as well as weekend shows. Her work has covered a wide array of topics — from breaking news to feature stories, as well as investigative reports.
A new report says black Kentuckians are more than nine times as likely than whites to get arrested for marijuana possession. That’s much higher than the…
David McAtee had a running joke with a group of young men that would frequent his small barbecue stand.When the police would show up for a meal, the men…
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says the state will take some concrete steps to remedy some of the racial inequities laid bare by both the coronavirus pandemic…
When a historically Black church in Louisville’s Shelby Park neighborhood was damaged by gunfire last week, it had all the elements of what is usually…