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.
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,”
Late last week, the Mexican man implicated in the 2015 killing of Kate Steinle was pronounced “not guilty” in a San Francisco court. The case was made especially contentious by its surrounding politics. Accused of the crime was Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, a homeless Mexican migrant. Garcia-Zarate had a history of crossing the United States
The United States has pulled out of a worldwide pact on immigration reform. Hours before the United Nations was due to hold a talk on migration trends and refugees in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, America declared its intention to withdraw. U.S. ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, told the organization’s secretary general that Donald Trump isn’t
Last week, Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva (D) asked the attorney of a former congressional aide to release him from the confidential confines of an old settlement. Grijalva claims to have been falsely linked to a series of scandals rocking Capitol Hill. Over the course of the past two months, a number of high-profile politicians have
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to block an order related to its decision to close down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in September. The request comes after a judge demand that the government put together documents and memos related to DACA’s rescinding. Politico.com reports that the Justice Department is leading