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.
Facing the bluster and blister of Donald Trump, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions flew to El Salvador Thursday to explore new avenues to eradicate the notorious street gang MS-13. Sessions’ trip follows a scourge of harsh remarks directed towards so-called ‘sanctuary cities,’ which resist cooperation with federal immigration authorities. Police officers in ‘sanctuaries’ like Chicago
Officials representing the State of Maryland and City of Baltimore agreed to pay a total of $1 million to settle a wrongful-death lawsuit with the family of Tyrone West, who was killed during an encounter with police in 2013. The settlement comes some four years after West was died during an altercation with law enforcement
Attorneys for President Donald Trump are asking a federal appeals court to dismiss a lawsuit which accuses the commander-in-chief of encouraging his supporters to thrash protesters at a campaign-trail rally in Kentucky. The New York Times recounted the story – originally published by the Courier-Journal – on Tuesday. Reports and legal filings indicate that the
Democratic Senators introduced legislation on Tuesday to ban the use of controversial pesticide chlorpyrifos in American agriculture. The proposal is rooted in a growing liberal animus against Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, whose policies have set the EPA on a course adrift from its usual agenda. Earlier in the year, Pruitt moved to halt
On Wednesday evening, Senate Republicans lost yet another battle in their years-long war against Obacamare. Earlier in the week – and despite claims to the contrary – Republicans reopened an effort to repeal former President Barack Obama’s signature Affordable Care Act. The move came amidst a month full of speculation, intrigue, and, in the eyes
Donald Trump is expected to nominate top coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to the second-highest post in the Environmental Protection Agency. The proposed appointment marks yet another controversial appointment for the administration. The agency’s current head, Scott Pruitt, faced enormous resistance from left-leaning politicians and activists prior to assuming office. Pruitt, the former Attorney General
The United States Department of Transportation imposed fines against two of the country’s largest air carriers earlier in the week, claiming they’d violated consumer protection guidelines. American Airlines and Delta agreed to pay the fines, which were released by the government in a Friday evening report. Budget-carrier Frontier Airlines was also hit by the same
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions escalated his rhetoric against sanctuary cities last week, making remarks and citing studies in attempt to argue that policies protective of illegal immigrants encourage crime. Even before assuming his present posting, Sessions was an active critic of so-called ‘sanctuary city’ policies. Sanctuary cities, including the likes of New York, Chicago,
Weeks after the death of Otto Warmbier in a North Korea labor camp, the U.S. Department of State announced it would ban American citizens from traveling to the Hermit Kingdom. Citing the purportedly ‘high risk of arrest’ as the basis for the decision, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson authorized a ‘Geographical Travel Restriction’ on all
The American Civil Union Liberties helped settle a case against two Connecticut police officers accused of profiling and unlawfully detaining a black man. The lawsuit arose after Woodrow Vereen of Bridgeport, CT, was pulled over for driving through a yellow light. Vereen, an African-American man and father of three, was taking his two sons out