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.
Less than a month after former physician Larry Nassar plead guilty to sexual misconduct charges, USA Gymnastics is claiming innocence in civil suits. The organization, which employed Nassar for years, asked judges to dismiss a host of lawsuits. On the same day, USA Gymnastics released a statement saying that it was “sorry that any athlete
The United States and North Korea have reached an improbable and unfortunate agreement. Representatives of both nations have pointed toward increased military activity across the Korean Peninsula. War, they say, is no longer just a distant consideration – it’s a possibility that’s quickly becoming real. White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster told a conference
The New Hampshire city of Manchester is paying $275,000 to settle a civil rights lawsuit from 2015. The state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union announced last Wednesday that Manchester was prepared to settle with Alfredo Valentin. Valentin, then 43 years old, was arrested under strange circumstances. After returning home one night in March
On Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration can’t delay the implementation of the International Entrepreneur Rule. The regulation, penned under former President Barack Obama, created special provisions for foreign-born businessmen. It grants alien entrepreneurs who employ American citizens visa-free entry to the United States. Individuals admitted under the provision would be allowed
The former communications director for Rep. Blake Farenthold told reporters her political career was sidelined after accusing the Republican of sexual harassment. “I was told right away that I would be, quote-unquote, ‘blackballed’ if I came forward […] That’s exactly what happened,” Laura Greene told Politico in a Monday interview. She added that she’d first
Immigration officials arrested an unauthorized alien after stumbling across his testimony in a newspaper. Baltazar “Rosas” Aburto Gutierrez was interviewed last week by The Seattle Times and Washington-based Chinook Observer. Recounting how his girlfriend had been set-up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Gutierrez wondered why his entire family hadn’t been deported. “Why you don’t
Sri Lankan sportsmen found themselves gasping for air over the weekend in New Delhi. In a cricket match-up against India, the two South Asian teams met on the field of Feroz Shah Kotla Ground in the capital of the world’s most populous democracy. The Indian capital has been battling fierce pollution for decades. This year
A Minnesota sheriff’s deputy used Twitter to target Diamond Reynolds, whose husband was killed by deputies during a routine traffic stop in 2016. When Philando Castile was pulled over for a broken tail-light, he tried following proper protocol. He quickly told the approaching officer, Jeronimo Yanez, that there was a firearm in the vehicle. Yanez
Michigan’s attorney general is calling on Michigan State University leadership to release the results of its internal investigation on Larry Nassar. In a letter written Monday, Attorney General Bill Schuette asked MSU President Lou Anna Simon to send his office “the internal review that former U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is conducting into the actions of
Los Angeles is among the latest litigants lined up against ride-sharing behemoth Uber. City Attorney Mike Feuer filed a lawsuit against the company on Monday, citing its failure to disclose a massive data breach which occurred in December 2016. “We allege Uber violated California law, and public trust, when it hid this massive data breach,”