Logan H. Merrill
Investigative Reporter
ABOUT
Logan graduated from Brandeis University under the writing tutelage of famed playwright William Gibson. After authoring scripts for film and television, Logan shifted his focus to online journalism. He specializes in media and ethics, human rights and psychiatric abuse.
LATEST STORIES
VOLUNTEERISM
Scientology Volunteer Ministers Deliver Wildfire Relief to LA
Over 2,280 volunteers have aided more than 88,000 Angelenos by embodying their simple motto: “Something can be done about it.” Disaster relief is nothing new for them.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Largest Gathering of Human Beings in History Is Peaceful and Religious
Four hundred million people are gathering at the holy rivers of India to celebrate faith through prayer, ritual, charity—and bathing.
MENTAL HEALTH
Chaotic Clifton T. Perkins Psychiatric Hospital Adds to Its Grim Résumé of Violence and Abuse
Why did it take 75 seconds for personnel to act while a man was lifted up, slammed on the ground twice, kicked in the head and stomped on nearly 20 times? Ask the psychiatric industry of death.
MENTAL HEALTH
The Verdict Is In: The Public Detests Psychiatry
A new study published by Cambridge University Press confirms what everyone already knows: The reputation of the psychiatric industry is as bad as the conduct of its members.
HATE
Religious Leaders, Scholars and Activists Deplore Japan’s Trashing of Freedom of Religion
Japan’s frenzied headlong pursuit toward the dissolution of the Unification Church threatens the survival of religions everywhere, with repressive new laws that impact all faiths.
DRUG PREVENTION
Drug Use Among Teens Falling, New Study Says
Despite the best marketing effort of the tobacco and cannabis industries, more kids than ever are saying no. Education is the most likely reason—and the ultimate answer.
HUMAN RIGHTS
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month Calls Attention to Horrors of Sexual Exploitation
Undercover operatives work tirelessly to break up forced labor and sex trafficking networks, confronting “things that cannot be unseen.”
MENTAL HEALTH
UK Psychiatric Facilities Flout Law, Maiming Patients With “Prone Restraint”
Seni’s Law in the UK bans the disproportionate and inappropriate use of face-down psychiatric restraint because it kills patients. The death industry that is psychiatry doesn’t care.
DRUGS
Europe Flooded by Ecuadorian Cocaine Through Unlikely Albanian Connection
More than $12 billion in cocaine is flooding Europe through an alliance between South American gangs and an Albanian criminal network.
HATE
Education Is Key to Ending Antisemitism, Study Reveals
While Holocaust education is only required in 29 states, 89 percent of Americans support it. But only one in three parents say their kids are receiving education on the Holocaust, according to a new survey.
