Lilly Ana Fowler
Social Justice ReporterLilly Ana Fowler reports on social justice issues for KNKX. Before joining KNKX, she worked for the online news organization Crosscut — a partner of KCTS 9, Seattle’s PBS station.
She's also worked as a producer with the national PBS show "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" and a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Her stories have appeared in The Atlantic, Salon.com, Slate Magazine, Mother Jones, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. She was born in Mexico, grew up in the border town of Nogales, and is fluent in Spanish.
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Sunday's Seattle Pride event was a joyous day for the region’s large LGBTQ community. But, coming on the heels of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe versus Wade, there were also sounds of protest. Other issues at the forefront of the parade included the need for more housing, policing and protecting the transgender community. -
A battle over tribal housing has reached the Washington state Supreme Court. The Nooksack Tribe says more than 60 residents aren’t members of the tribe and aren’t entitled to the housing. Cat Barril and Michelle Roberts, who have fought against being evicted for a decade, say they've been denied the opportunity to establish their eligibility for tribal membership.
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A new report by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights shows that there have been more than 60 sexual abuse allegations — ranging from harassment to assault — at the ICE detention center in Tacoma.
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A couple weeks ago, Russian missiles struck Lviv in Western Ukraine. That’s where Ukrainian American Irene Danysh is volunteering. KNKX Social Justice Reporter Lillyana Fowler caught up with Danysh to see how she’s doing.
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King County Judge Susan Mahoney resigned from her position as chief presiding judge at King County District Court in late February and is under investigation for allegedly using a racial slur, a development that has rippled through legal circles for weeks and raised questions about electoral plans. Judge Matthew York has replaced Mahoney as chief presiding judge.
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Burien, Wash. resident Irene Danysh left for a region that many people are running away from. In March, she left for Ukraine. The war there hits very close to home. Her parents were both refugees from the country.
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It’s been more than two years since families and friends have been able to visit loved ones in person at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Tacoma. ICE suspended visitations at all detention facilities in early 2020 and has kept that policy in place. Now, national and local immigrant rights groups have started to push back after visitations at federal and state prisons have largely resumed.
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The Naselle Youth Camp, a medium security detention facility for male youth ages 16 to 25 may close due to a provision in Washington state’s budget, which Governor Jay Inslee is soon expected to sign. The possible closure has united activists, conservative lawmakers and members of the Naselle, Wash. community.
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A memorial is took place on Friday for Pierce County Deputy Dom Calata. The 35-year-old died after he was shot during a SWAT team standoff in Spanaway last week.
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COVID-19With Washington's statewide mask mandate ending this weekend, Seattle Public Schools officials announced that masks will also be optional for students both inside and outside buildings and on school buses starting on Monday. But some students are already pushing back.
