Ryan Farrick is a freelance 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.
Attorneys filed a class action suit against travel booking juggernaut Expedia last week, alleging that the company overcharges customers on taxes and fees. Seattle Pi reports that Expedia is accused of ‘levying taxes beyond what’s required by local jurisdictions for hotel rooms and pocketing the proceeds.’ This isn’t the first time the website’s run afoul
Just over a week into a government shutdown, President Donald Trump has continued to cast blame on Democrats for a lack of political action and the deaths of two migrant children in federal custody. “I am in the White House waiting for the Democrats to come on over and make a deal on Border Security,”
An African-American man staying at an Oregon DoubleTree hotel is planning to sue the property for racial discrimination. Jermaine Massey was staying at the Hilton franchise last weekend. While talking on the phone to his mother in the lobby, Massey says he was approached by DoubleTree security. A guard, identified on social media only as
Mississippi inmates will now have access to more books than ever. The Idaho Statesman reports that Big House Books recently dropped a suit against the state. The non-profit organization had accused the Mississippi Department of Corrections of limiting inmates’ access to free reading material. In an effort to end the litigation, Mississippi rewrote its policy
An Arizona county has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review whether it’s liable in lawsuits over the illegal conduct of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio, once billed as the toughest lawman in America, garnered controversy by housing local inmates in a ‘tent city’ and enforcing immigration law through illegal traffic stops. The latter charge
Following over a year of litigation, a transgender inmate from Illinois is being allowed to transfer to a women’s prison. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that 27-year old prisoner Strawberry Hampton was recently moved to Logan Correctional Center, outside Lincoln, IL. The MacArthur Justice Center issued a statement Thursday announcing the transfer, which was later confirmed
An eight-year old boy from Guatemala died in U.S. custody on Tuesday. The death marks the second time in a month that an immigrant child has died after being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. POLITICO reports that the boy showed “signs of potential illness” on Monday. He, along with his father, was transported
Even though a significant majority of Michiganders voted to legalize recreational marijuana in December, the state still faces significant hurdles in the face of push-back from employers and city councils. Although it’s now legal for most anyone in Michigan to buy, sell or smoke marijuana, employers are still permitted to fire or refuse to hire
A Texas inmate is suing the state corrections department, claiming officials refused to treat a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Filed by inmate Harold Millican in federal court, the lawsuit accuses the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Gist State Jail’s warden of “callous indifference.” Millican says jail staff wouldn’t offer “proper care” or take him to
After some 200 attempts and a century of trying, the U.S. Senate has finally passed a bill to make lynching a federal crime. CNN reports that the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act, passed unanimously on Wednesday, was introduced by the Senate’s three African-American members: California’s Kamala Harris (D), New Jersey Democrat and Cory Booker