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.


UCLA Alumnus, Lecturer File Lawsuit Demanding California Schools Let Undocumented Students Work

“As an undocumented undergraduate student at the University of California, I experienced firsthand the pain and difficulty of being denied the right to on-campus employment,” plaintiff Jeffry Umana Munoz said in a statement. “Losing these opportunities forced me to extremely precarious and dangerous living situations, always moments from housing and food insecurity.”



Colorado Supreme Court Dismisses Another Claim Against Masterpiece Cakeshop

“The underlying constitutional question this case raises has become the focus of intense public debate: How should the government balance the rights of transgender individuals to be free from discrimination in places of public accommodation with the rights of religious business owners when they are operating in the public market?” Justice Melissa Hart wrote in the court’s majority opinion.



Massachusetts Inmates File Class-Action Lawsuit Over Guards’ Alleged “Retaliatory Force Campaign”

“[The riot] was under control very quickly,” said Prisoners Legal Services of Massachusetts attorney David Milton. “Nevertheless […] there was a weeks-long campaign we called the ‘Retaliatory Violence Campaign’ in which 100 prisoners were brutalized and subjected to all manner of extreme and malicious force—not for any legitimate security purpose, but to punish everyone for the actions of a couple people involved in assaulting the officers.”