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
HUMAN RIGHTS
Global Nonprofit A21 Launches New Campaign to Prevent Human Trafficking
The “Can You See Me?” campaign raises awareness and encourages reporting of human trafficking to rescue victims.
DRUGS
Darknet Drug Gang Selling Heroin Online—Delivered in Stuffed Animals—Receive Prison Sentences
Part of an epidemic of online drug sales, the “rickandmortyshop” brought death by mail. Now the leader is in federal prison for eight years—but it’s a drop in the bucket.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
“Our Prayers Have Been Answered”—Prisoner Swap Reunites Uyghur Muslim Family
For the first time in over 20 years, former USCIRF Chair Nury Turkel was reunited with his mother, released—along with two other Uyghurs—as part of a larger prisoner swap.
CRIMINAL REFORM
Criminon’s Matt Robinson Helps Inmates Rediscover Themselves
Criminon New Life DC delivers effective rehabilitation to inmates—and up to 80 percent leave their criminal pasts behind. L. Ron Hubbard’s humanitarian discoveries show the way toward a world without crime.
MENTAL HEALTH
Coroner’s Report on Latest Death at the Hands of Psychiatry Is a Condemnation: “Gross Failure”
The multibillion-dollar industry of death that is psychiatry has been unable to cover its bloody tracks this year—which is why public trust in psychiatry is dead.
MENTAL HEALTH
Big Pharma Seeking Ways to Bypass New Rules about Broadcast Drug Warnings in Ads
New FDA rules requiring clear warnings of dangerous side effects in drug ads is setting off alarms at drug companies: How do you legally distract from “Antidepressants may increase suicidal thoughts and actions and worsen depression in children and young adults”?
HUMAN RIGHTS
We Needed a Vote to Abolish Slavery. On the Resolution’s 75th Anniversary, It’s Skyrocketed Instead.
The United Nations passed an anti-slavery resolution on December 2 in 1949. Since then, humans owned by others have skyrocketed to 50 million worldwide. What will it take to stop this scourge?
VIOLATIONS
Daily Beast CEO Ben Sherwood Is the Same Kind of Sexual Predator He Regularly Platforms, Accusers Say
As The Daily Beast nears oblivion, their CEO’s sordid past is rearing its ugly head. Their use of sources for articles with the same ugly history of which Sherwood stands accused probably isn’t helping.
MENTAL HEALTH
Pontiac Psychiatric Hospital: The Wages of Sin Is Bankruptcy
Chapter 11 filing comes on the heels of Pontiac’s loss of federal funding after credible charges of abuse, violence and one preventable death.
DRUG PREVENTION
A Man on a Mission: Michael DeLeon’s 24/7 Drive to Create a Drug-Free World
Everywhere all the time, DeLeon’s quest encompasses everything from vaping to the collateral damage of alcohol abuse. “We’re three years deep into a catastrophe,” he says.
