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

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

First Amendment Scholar Steven Collis Is on a Peace Mission

Steven T. Collis has spent his scholarly life showing how the First Amendment is the key to a healthy and peaceful society. 

HUMAN RIGHTS

Black History’s 100th Celebration a Moment of Cultural Reflection

Few know the history of Dr. Carter Woodson and his single-handed effort to preserve Black history. Grown from a week to a month, Black history is woven into American culture.

MENTAL HEALTH

America Finally Gets the Memo: SSRIs & Other Psychiatric Drugs Kill

A new government commission will evaluate the deadly threat of psychotropic drugs. They’ll discover exactly what the Church of Scientology has been saying for years. 

MENTAL HEALTH

CCHR Testifies to Curb “Psychiatric Youth Transport” aka Child Abduction

Called “gooning,” the abduction of children for forcible psychiatric incarceration is an outrage that must end, and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights is leading the fight.

DRUGS

Drug Trafficker Used Social Media to Ensnare Youth in His Crimes

Now sentenced to a decade in prison, this Washington man used Snapchat to recruit young drug couriers, showing off his luxurious lifestyle—one built on human misery.

MENTAL HEALTH

Now They’re Beating the Kids—Abuse of Children at UK Psychiatric Facility Exposed

A new report reveals that staff at Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital sadistically dragged children to put them in needless restraints—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

HUMAN RIGHTS

“This Is Not a Threat But a Promise”—Hundreds Arrested in California Anti-Trafficking Sting

More than 100 law enforcement agencies across the state helped rescue nearly 180 individuals believed to be victims of human trafficking. 

DRUG PREVENTION

Major Drop in Drug Overdose Deaths—Have We Turned a Corner on Substance Abuse?

Recent statistics from the CDC reveal the most significant one-year drop in substance abuse deaths on record.

MENTAL HEALTH

Cops Become “Mental Health Arbiters” as Involuntary Hospitalizations in NYC Soar

They call it “involuntary transport” to hide what they’re really doing: facilitating psychiatric human rights abuse. 

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Americans More United Than Ever on Religious Freedom

This year’s Religious Freedom Index revealed the highest approval rating for the human right in six years.