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.


New York Gov. Cuomo Appoints Special Prosecutor to Investigate Former AG Eric Schneiderman Abuse Allegations

Prosecutors in different jurisdictions will investigate the assault allegations which forced New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman out of office. Schneiderman, who’d cast himself as a champion of women’s rights and staunch opponent to the Trump administration, was accused of violently attacking several former partners. The four women, speaking to The New Yorker, described the


Trump Administration Moves to Prosecute More Immigrants for Illegal Entry

The Trump administration is laying down new mandates that’d see more immigrants prosecuted for illegal entry to the United States – a move advocates fear will lead to the separation of families. Under the new policy, the Department of Homeland Security will refer ‘100 percent of illegal southwest border crossings’ to the Justice Department. U.S.


Trump Administration to Send 57,000 Hondurans Home to Gang-Ravaged Country, Says Situation ‘Improved’

On Friday, the Trump administration ended a special immigration program for some 57,000 Hondurans. The decision, said Michael Martin of National Public Radio, is only the latest in a series of similar actions. ‘Temporary Protected Status’ – an immigration category protecting refugees of natural disaster and manmade catastrophe – was revoked for Nicaraguan and Salvadoran


Parkland Father Files Suit Against ‘Coward’ Sheriff’s Deputy

The father of a student who was killed in February during the Parkland, FL, high school shooting is filing a wrongful death lawsuit against a former sheriff’s deputy he accuses of cowardice. The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Andrew Pollack filed the suit in Broward County court on behalf of his deceased daughter,



Texas and Six Other States Sue to End Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program

On Tuesday, Texas and six other states filed a federal lawsuit challenging the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Known colloquially by its acronym, DACA, the program granted temporary, renewable work permits to some 694,000 undocumented immigrants who arrived to the United States as children. President Donald Trump officially terminated scheme in




Wrongfully Imprisoned Martin Tankleff Wins $10m Settlement

Martin Tankleff served 17 years in prison, convicted of murdering his own parents. Last Thursday, the middle-age man who spent half his life behind bars settled with Suffolk County, N.Y., for $10 million. Following a chamber vote, the Ways and Means Committee of the local legislature approved the full amount for disbursement. Tankleff reached another,


Illinois AG Sues Bizarrely and Unabashedly Racist Bus Company Suburban Express

Illinois bus company Suburban Express is facing a civil rights lawsuit after making a politically incorrect marketing pitch. State Attorney General Lisa Madigan launched the litigation, promising to put Suburban Express out of business for insulting Chinese students attending the University of Illinois. The Chicago Sun Times reports that the company touched off a ‘political