Lilly Ana Fowler
Lilly Ana Fowler is a former KNKX reporter who covered social justice issues investigating inequality with an emphasis on labor and immigration.
She previously worked for the nonprofit news site Crosscut — a partner of KCTS 9, Seattle’s PBS station. Lilly worked as a producer for the PBS show "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly" and as a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Lilly has contributed to The Atlantic, Salon.com, Slate Magazine, Mother Jones, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and The Seattle Times. Born in Mexico, she grew up in the border town of Nogales, Arizona, and is fluent in Spanish.
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Chief Seattle Club has built hundreds of affordable and supportive housing units, but some say residents need more mental health and substance abuse treatment. -
A new report from the ACLU and others details how failures in medical and mental health care in ICE detention facilities have led to otherwise preventable deaths. -
In the wake of a fatal shooting at Garfield High School, KNKX spoke to Seattle Student Union co-founder Natalya McConnell on what the group thinks would help prevent school shootings. -
The Pierce County Medical Examiner determined Charles Leo Daniel, who spent extensive time in solitary confinement, died of natural causes in March.
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Community members have raised concerns about councilmembers’ ties to the restaurant and hospitality industry ahead of a vote that would rollback a minimum wage law for app delivery drivers. -
A recent law in Seattle sets minimum pay for delivery apps drivers. The City Council is looking to amend the measure after service charges increased and business for some drivers plummeted.
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After a new minimum wage law for gig delivery drivers took effect, apps like DoorDash, Instacart and Uber Eats raised customer fees. Now Seattle City Council is considering revisions to the law. -
A new report from the Anti-Defamation League indicates there was a spike in antisemitic incidents last year, both locally and nationally. -
New 911 call records, obtained by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, describe six suicide attempts at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma so far this year. -
Most of the funding will go to the state Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance for services that include housing and legal assistance, food, and transportation.
