Kanya D'Almeida

Kanya D’Almeida

Kanya D’Almeida is a freelance journalist, currently completing an MFA at Columbia University. She was formerly the race and justice reporter for Rewire.News. She also held the post of regional editor for Asia and the Pacific for the Inter Press Service (IPS) news agency, and from 2010-2015 she reported for IPS from the United Nations, Washington, Mexico, and her native Sri Lanka.

[Photo: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio holding microphone.]

Hard-Won Parole Board Reforms Under Attack in New York (Updated)

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“The PBA is attempting to terrorize parole board members into submission, with threats to their careers. All sense of fairness and justice becomes a farce when you have a group like the PBA saying, essentially: If you anger the NYPD in any way, God help you.”

Here’s How Hospitals Can Improve Health Care for Trans People

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Discrimination against trans patients ran the gamut from violence and harassment at the hands of medical professionals or hospital staff to verbal abuse in medical settings, according to the analysis.

Living in the Shadow of Counterterrorism: A Decade of Resistance

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This small women-led movement has taken on the impossible challenge of fighting extreme religious intolerance with interfaith unity.

Living in the Shadow of Counterterrorism: A Daily Struggle for Muslim Women

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In the second part of Rewire’s “Living in the Shadow of Counterterrorism” series, we look at how Muslim families, particularly women, are forced to confront state violence on a daily basis—from living with the stigma of terrorism, to repairing their broken homes, to navigating what they say is a brutal and biased prison system.

Living in the Shadow of Counterterrorism: Meet the Muslim Women Taking on the National Security State

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In a three-part series, Rewire will share some stories of the families of the accused and explore how multiple intersecting issues converge around allegations of terrorism in post-9/11 America.

Native Advocates Reaffirm Demand for Investigation Into Police Killing of Navajo Woman

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Andrew Curley, a member of the Red Nation collective, which spearheaded the protests, told Rewire in a phone interview that Loreal Tsingine’s family is still in the dark as to whether, or how, the officer who shot her will be held accountable.

During National Reentry Week, a Spotlight on Older Returning Citizens

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There are few resources, at either the state or federal level, earmarked specifically for returning elders.

Congressional Testimony: Anti-Choice Measure Would Turn People of Color Into ‘Suspects in the Exam Room’

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All of the letter’s 56 signatories are people of color who have had abortions. They say the bill would force providers to interrogate patients’ reasons for seeking care and “erect a political divide” between patients and their physicians.

Missouri Senate Approves Anti-Shackling Measure as a Former Inmate Sues County Jail

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“The vast majority of Missouri's pregnant offenders are nonviolent and pose no risk of flight or danger to others, especially during labor," said state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed.

Criminal Charges in Flint Water Crisis ‘Only the Beginning’

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"These charges are only the beginning and there will be more to come. That I can guarantee you,” Schuette said Wednesday at a press conference.

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