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 lawsuit accuses the North Carolina Department of Public Safety of systematically keeping prison guards from receiving raises. Filed Monday, the allegations focus specifically on the DPS and North Carolina’s prison system. The News Observer claims that the ‘crux of the lawsuit is a claim that DPS officials ordered prison supervisors to issue unnecessary or
President Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to pass an immigration bill met stiff resistance from the House of Representatives, which toppled the attempt by an overwhelming majority. Defeated 121-301, the failure highlights divisions within the Republicans own ranks. While every liberal in the House opposed the measure, so too did many conservatives. Roughly half the chamber’s
The Supreme Court dealt a sharp blow to organized labor on Wednesday. In a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled that government workers who turn down union membership can’t have their pay docked to fund collective bargaining. Writing for the conservative-led majority, Justice Samuel Alito Jr. opined that wage deductions pose a constitutional violation. “We conclude
Last Friday, a judge found the Arizona Department of Corrections and its administrators in civil contempt of court for failing to meet the conditions of a 2014 settlement concerning the quality of healthcare in state prisons. Arizona DOC director Charles Ryan and medical director Richard Pratt were both named in the ruling, which will emplace
In a much-awaited Tuesday decision, the Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban. The justices split primarily along party lines, voting 5-4 to affirm the president’s power to curb immigration in the interest of national security. The latest version of the ban—which was issued several times before being sent to the Supreme Court—places travel
A trio of teenagers is suing a Florida sheriff for locking them in solitary confinement without cause and before even being put on trial. Filed on behalf of the teenagers by the Human Rights Defense Center on Thursday, the suit names Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and the county school district as defendants. Each
The parents of 12-year old Mallory Grossman, who committed suicide in June 2017, are filing a lawsuit against New Jersey’s Rockaway Township, its school district and educational administrators. “One year ago, on June 14, sixth-grader Mallory Grossman, who attended Copeland Middle School in Rockaway [died by suicide] and she did so after being relentlessly bullied
Milwaukee Bucks guard Sterling Brown is filing a lawsuit against the city of Milwaukee, claiming police violated his civil rights when they arrested him earlier this year. The lawsuit, which Sporting News reports was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, names the city, Milwaukee police chief Alfonso Morales,
A disturbing lawsuit filed accuses administrators at Shiloh Treatment Center, some ways south of Houston, of subduing immigrant children with psychiatric drugs. The allegations are especially disconcerting in light of President Donald Trump’s recent comments on illegal immigration and the rights of detained children. While the commander-in-chief signed an executive order Wednesday designed to reduce
More than 120 victims of former Michigan State physician Larry Nassar have signed a letter asking the university’s Board of Trustees to replace the school’s interim president. Former Michigan governor John Engler was appointed to head Michigan State after Lou Anna Simon’s departure from the post. Simon—accused of insensitivity and oversight during Nassar’s decades-long crime