Ryan Farrick is a 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 California psychiatrist claims the state’s corrections department is misleading federal officials about the quality of mental health care in prisons. The whistleblower report, put together by chief corrections psychiatrist Dr. Michael Golding, was made public on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Kimberly Mueller. According to the New York Times, the report alleges that prison
An 11-year old black girl who was stun gunned by a Cincinnati police officer will be awarded $240,000 as part of a civil rights settlement. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported the award Tuesday, saying the city will pay $220,000 to 11-year old Donesha Gowdy. The remaining $20,000 will be signed over by Kroger Co. Use of
President Donald Trump claims Mexico is “unable, or unwilling” to halt the progress of a large migrant caravan heading to the U.S. border from Honduras. That announcement, writes POLITICO, came hours after Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that Mexico is cooperating in impending the caravan’s progress. According to POLITICO, the White House has ‘continued
President Donald Trump still insists that that he has the authority to overturn a constitutional amendment that grants U.S. citizenship to anyone born on American soil. Writing in a Wednesday tweet, the president suggested that the 14th Amendment was meant only to apply to persons already subject to federal jurisdiction. Trump, who’s signaled that he
President Donald Trump has continued to blast a border-bound group of migrants as an ‘invading force.’ The commander-in-chief reiterated a pledge he’s been making for the past two weeks, telling migrants that the U.S. military will be waiting at the border. But Trump didn’t content himself with accusing asylum-seekers and single mothers of waging war
A Colorado lawsuit, filed by two landowners who claim a nearby marijuana grow is devaluing their property, will move to trial today. Scheduled for a session in a Denver federal court, the consequences could set precedent for other cannabis-related concerns. The case, reports Westword.com, was ‘filed in February 2015’ by the Safe Streets Alliance. Safe
New York’s attorney general is pursuing another lawsuit against Exxon Mobil Corp, alleging the oil company has misled investors about how climate change regulation could affect business. The New York Times reports the suit, filed in the state Supreme Court, seeks undisclosed damages and a court-ordered review of Exxon Mobil’s representations. Attorney General Barbara Underwood
On Wednesday, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection chief Mick Mulvaney levied a $200,000 penalty against a payday lender for harassing borrowers. While the punishment may seem a fitting penalty, Reuters reports that the $200,000 fine falls far short of the $3,000,000 Mulvaney’s predecessor was seeking. The settlement ended a CFPB investigation into Cash Express LLC, which
A class action settlement involving the safety mechanism on some of Remington’s most popular firearms has officially gone into effect. CNBC reports that the case’s future was decided when attorneys for the firearms manufacturer declined to pursue a Supreme Court appeal. The agreement’s finalization means that owners of Model 700 and similar rifles can request
On Tuesday, a U.S. federal appeals court reinstated a child slavery lawsuit against the United States’ branch of Nestle SA and Cargill Co. Both companies, reports Reuters, are accused of propagating child slavery on cocoa plantations in the West African nation of Ivory Coast. The decision was made by a panel of judges sitting on