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.
The Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill that includes increased penalties for individuals found guilty of participating in female genital mutilation. The package of bills ups the punishment dictated by federal law. With bipartisan support behind the law, legislators made performing or coordinating female genital mutilation a state felony with a maximum sentence of
Donald Trump is livid at the 9th Circuit Court for refusing to lift an injunction against his travel ban. In the latest chapter of an epic struggle that’s hardly subsided since Trump was elected president, the court stood by earlier decision to block the controversial executive order. Frequently derided as a would-be blanket ban on
A summertime ‘rush hour from Hell’ is culminating in a lawsuit filed by New York City commuters against the MTA, Long Island Rail Road, and NYC Transit. “We want the word out,” said a furious Meredith Jacobs to The New York Post. One of two leading plaintiffs in the suit, she said, “We want change,
A federal court is demanding the Environmental Protection Agency explain why it has the authority to pause an Obama administration regulation on methane emissions. The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit announced on Tuesday that it was giving the EPA until June 15th to respond to the request of environmental advocacy organizations
The results of a snap election called by British Prime Minister Theresa May poured in overnight. The decision to bring Brits to the polls before 2020 was considered by many to be a gamble for the Conservative leader. Surveys and political groundwork showed May’s party performing well across the country, with opportunities to seize a
A federal appeals court ruling will lead to dozens of inmates at a Houston jail being released, after judges found the county’s bail system discriminated against the poor. Harris County, encompassing the city of Houston, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to deliver an emergency order blocking the original decision, upheld by the 5th Circuit Court
The Justice Department is fighting a legal attempt to obtain a campaign-trail document which may have served as the manuscript for Donald Trump’s executive orders on travel. Politico writes that at the center of the maelstrom is a policy memo former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani helped craft for Donald Trump when he was still
United Airlines found itself fighting a row with a young musician earlier in the week – not over baggage limits or carry-on fees, but for refusing to let Yennifer Correia take a 17th-century violin onto a plane. On her way from Houston to play with the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, Correia was startled when a gate
Shortly before a district judge released Fakhruddin and Farida Attar on bond, a federal prosuector revealed the couple may have participated in over 100 acts of female genital mutilation. On Wednesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Woodward told a judge that Dr. Jumana Nagarwala could have victimized up to 100 young women and girls. Woodward made
The Chicago suburb of Des Plaines settled a lawsuit to the tune of $580,000 after denying a Muslim organization the opportunity to convert a vacant building into a mosque. The Department of Justice announced the ruling on Tuesday after Des Plaines settled with the agency as well as The Society of American Bosnians and Herzegovinians.