Lilly Ana Fowler
Social Justice ReporterLilly Ana Fowler covers social justice issues investigating inequality with an emphasis on labor and immigration. Story tips can be sent to lfowler@knkx.org.
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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The Washington Hospitality Association and the Washington Food Industry Association are among those who have contributed to a new PAC opposing a minimum wage proposal in Renton, Wash.
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Starbucks promises to reach labor agreements in 2024. Labor expert says fight to organize isn't overStarbucks says it's ready to move forward with unionized workers. A labor export warns even if they do sign off on contracts, the quality of the agreements matter.
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Volunteers say the city's plan to build a $500,000 gated security fence around the parking lot shared by the volunteers and police threatens to impede their access to the building they use to serve free meals.
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Activists with the group La Resistencia say there’s been a hunger strike at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Tacoma for nearly a month.
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Almost every day, people from all over the world try to find their footing after being released from the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma. An RV parked outside the immigration detention center and a hospitality house in south Tacoma managed by AIDNW give them a place to go.
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Founded during the height of the 2020 protests against police brutality, community members say the Black Lives Memorial garden in Cal Anderson Park serves not only them but others in the community, such as the unhoused. Seattle Parks and Recreation say they need the space back.
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Classical music. It’s not usually associated with Latinos. Conductor Paula Madrigal and the Seattle nonprofit Orquesta Northwest is changing that.
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This week Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced his proposed budget for 2024. Approximately 6,000 city workers are in the middle of contract negotiations at the same time, pushing for more pay.
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced the city has hired six community responders to help police with lower priority 911 calls.
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The Seattle police guild argues that Seattle Police Officer Daniel Audere's comments about Jaahnavi Kandula heard on bodycam video were taken out of context.