Tyler Walicek

Tyler Walicek is a freelance writer and journalist in Portland, Oregon.

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Education & Youth

For-Profit Child Care Chains See Opportunity to Monopolize Imperiled Industry

The catastrophic state of U.S. child care is rooted in capitalism, not the pandemic.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

May 13, 2023

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Economy & Labor

Child Labor Is on the Rise as Republicans See an Answer to Labor Shortages

Anti-immigrant policies and spiraling rates of poverty are driving thousands of children into the U.S. labor market.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

March 23, 2023

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Human Rights

Lawsuit Uncovers Chicago’s Failure to Provide Disability Protections in Housing

Advocates say people with disabilities are suffering the worst consequences of the U.S.’s affordable housing crisis.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

February 20, 2023

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Economy & Labor

$340 Million Anti-Labor Consulting Industry Is Behind Contemporary Union-Busting

Union-busting firms are teaching corporations to cynically co-opt progressive rhetoric as they crush worker organizing.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

February 6, 2023

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Economy & Labor

San Francisco Has Voted to Tax Corporate Landlords for Leaving Housing Vacant

The groundbreaking affordable housing victory in San Francisco could serve as a blueprint for other cities to follow.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

November 30, 2022

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Politics & Elections

Socialist and Centrist Visions for Housing Are at Center of LA City Council Race

In an LA City Council race, candidates Mitch O’Farrell and Hugo Soto-Martinez are defined by diverging housing policies.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

October 31, 2022

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Economy & Labor

Amid Eviction Crisis, Organizers Win Right to Legal Representation for Tenants

A right to counsel in eviction cases exerts an outsize impact as an intervention in housing injustice.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

July 24, 2022

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Reproductive Rights

In Abortion Safe Havens, Organizers Prepare to Assist Those Fleeing Restrictions

The end of Roe would harm millions. Abortion defenders are trying to build networks across state lines to prepare.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

June 18, 2022

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War & Peace

Antiwar Groups Protest Defense Industry Profiteering in Ukraine

A U.S. pivot to pursuing a diplomatic resolution in Ukraine might help avoid a prolonged and grueling war of attrition.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

May 5, 2022

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

Socialists Take Up Critical Fight for Universal Child Care in the United States

Child care is an ineluctable social need, and has become only more so due to systematic inequality and impoverishment.

By: Tyler Walicek ,; Truthout

April 4, 2022

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