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.
A West Virginia judge scrapped a defamation lawsuit brought against late-night HBO host John Oliver by an irate coal magnate. Oliver, writes the Los Angeles Times, mocked and criticized Murray Energy Chief Executive Robert Murray in a segment which aired last June. During the episode of “Last Week Tonight,” Oliver shared an anecdote told by
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi lashed out against President Donald Trump on Saturday, shortly after the commander-in-chief accused her of not ‘truly caring’ about Dreamers. “I continue to tell people that the President cares about Dreamers because he has repeatedly said that he does,” wrote Pelosi (D-CA) on Twitter. “He can prove it by supporting
Trump National Golf Club in Florida agreed to pay nearly $5.50 million as part of a part of a class action settlement. The hefty payout stems from a regulatory overhaul led by Donald Trump before he became president. Litigants claimed a change in club policies cheated them out of their money and membership. According to
Months after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai paved the way to scrap net neutrality, the repeal is official. The Washington Post reports the vote was published in the Federal Register late Thursday, putting the action into print. Pai’s effort to create a free and open internet culminated in a controversial vote in December. Split
The United States is no longer a ‘nation of immigrants’ according to the federal agency responsible for issuing green cards and granting citizenship. Yesterday, the director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services issued a memorandum to employees informing them of a mammoth shift in policy. The letter informed workers that a long-standing mission statement
A Louisiana prison is being hit with a federal lawsuit. Inmates at David Wade Correctional Center in Homer claim they’re routinely subjected to ‘cruel and unusual’ punishments, ranging from immobilization to cold-weather exposure. The class action, filed on Tuesday, is demanding damages as well as a court-ordered end to the “extreme, abusive conditions” at the
The widow and mother of Che Taylor are filing a federal lawsuit against the City of Seattle and two police officers involved in the man’s death. Both women are accusing the defendants of violating Taylor’s civil rights, asserting claims of assault, excessive force, false arrest, unlawful seizure, and negligence and violation of Washington’s anti-discrimination statutes.
A resurgent debate on gun control is provoking strong responses from the National Rifle Association, which cautioned voters to be wary of Democrats’ ‘socialist’ agenda. Wayne LaPierre, the NRA’s outspoken CEO, blasted liberal lawmakers just a week after 14 teenagers and three adults were gunned down in a Florida high school. Trying to whip conservative
Hawaii’s storied Kamehameha School will pay $80 million to settle allegations that it enabled a psychiatrist to sexually abuse dozens of former students. Described by The Washington Post as a ‘one of a kind’ facility, the school offers education at all grade levels. Spread out across a 600-acre campus on the island of Oahu, the
Last November, 74-year old attorney and rancher Ricardo Palacios found a small, green-clad camera strapped to a mesquite tree near his son’s Texas home. Not sure who’d put the device there or for what reason, Palacios took it down, noticing a transmitting antenna protruding from its plastic case. Soon after, writes Ars Technica, Palacios began