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.
A federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the legality of separating migrant families caught trying to illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw determined Wednesday that the suit, involving a 7-year old girl separated from her Congolese mother and a 14-year old boy from Brazil, could proceed on grounds of
Several Santa Fe, TX, families have joined a lawsuit against the parents of a teenager accused of killing ten people at an area high school in May. The parents of Chris Stone, reports Click2Houston.com, were the first to file a suit against the parents of Dimitrios Pagourtzis, accusing them of gross negligence for allowing their
A judge ruled that President Donald Trump could potentially be deposed in a defamation lawsuit brought forward by former ‘Apprentice’ contestant Summer Zervos. Zervos is among a dozen women to accuse the current commander-in-chief of unwanted sexual conduct. Denying each and every allegation, the president’s slammed Zervos’s claim as “100 percent fabricated.” Calling the woman
Tulane University has settled a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims the school failed to protect her from being raped by two football players in 2014. The case, reports The Advocate, has been ‘cloaked in secrecy’ since the unnamed plaintiff filed a police report in April 2014. Even with the university reporting a settlement,
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Monday alert over five deaths related to intragastric balloons. Intragastric balloons—used in the treatment of obesity—have so far been linked to a dozen fatalities worldwide. A nominally invasive device, the balloons encourage weight loss by taking up space in a patient’s stomach. Inserted through an individual’s mouth,
If the United Nations is right, the Trump administration’s practice of separating migrant children from their parents could be illegal. In announcement made Tuesday, the agency’s human rights organization condemned the practice as a violation of international law. Washington responded almost immediately, accusing the U.N. of ignorance and hypocrisy. Nevertheless, the controversial practice has been
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who attracted national attention for refusing to a bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. The decision—which may disappoint some LGBT advocates—is narrow in its application. As the New York Times notes, the majority decision doesn’t explicitly allow businesses to discriminate against
A 64-year old man from Cleveland, Ohio, is suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection after officials confiscated his life savings at an area airport. Customs agents, writes The Washington Post, seized the money in October through a process known as civil forfeiture. Under the statute, authorities can confiscate cash and property from individuals—regardless of whether
On Thursday, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis announced that it would create a $210 million trust fund for hundreds of victims of clergy abuse. The settlement, writes the New York Times, ‘is the result of a years-long battle and arduous negotiations in one of the country’s most high-profile cases involving abuse in the
A transgender woman reportedly died in I.CE. custody last Friday after being detained for five days in a small cell fraught with freezing temperatures. Roxana Hernandez, 33, arrived in California early in May. After a 2,000-mile journey, the transgender woman was banking on the opportunity to file an asylum application. Citing widespread “violence” and “hate”