Ryan Farrick is a freelance writer and small business advertising consultant based out of mid-Michigan. Passionate about international politics and world affairs, he’s an avid traveler with a keen interest in the connections between South Asia and the United States. Ryan studied neuroscience and has spent the last several years working as an operations manager in transportation logistics.



NPR Takes Former Partner to Trial

NPR notes that, less than two months into his second term as president, Trump began attacking National Public Radio and its televised counterpart, PBS, as “radical left MONSTERS.” In May, he followed up by issuing an executive order cutting federal funding to both NPR and PBS.



Former Indiana University Employee Sues Over Censorship Claims

The lawsuit notes that the school’s student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student, received a charter in 1969 to protect its “independence and freedom.” On its website, the paper says that “[f]inal content decisions and responsibility rest with duly appointed student editors and managed.”