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
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.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Enrollment to Religious Institutions Skyrockets, Proving Young Adults Aren’t Moving Away from Faith
Faith-based universities have experienced a whopping increase of young adults attending; the movement spans many religions and indicates that reports of religion’s demise have been greatly exaggerated.
HUMAN RIGHTS
USCIRF Releases Report on Worldwide Oppression of Jehovah’s Witnesses
From the deprivation of rights to imprisonment, heavy fines, harassment, unemployment, disruption of religious services, forced labor and torture, Jehovah’s Witnesses too often pay a terrible price for their peaceful beliefs.
MENTAL HEALTH
Pontiac Hospital Latest in Tsunami of Reports of Violence and Abuse at Psychiatric Institutions
A Michigan psychiatric hospital loses government funding over abuse allegations that include an unwarranted death and coercion to receive dangerous treatment.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Largest-Ever Operation Against Human Trafficking Demonstrates International Cooperation
Operation Liberterra II rescued 3,222 potential human trafficking victims and netted 2,517 arrests as a result of monitoring nearly 24,000 flights.
MENTAL HEALTH
New WMA Guidelines Authorize Forced Experiments on the Mentally Ill
Dehumanizing the so-called mentally ill by authorizing coercive experiments is a regression to an ugly past.
DRUGS
San Francisco Will Pay Addicts Not to Do Drugs, Thanks to Just-Passed Measure
San Francisco tries everything to slow drug use … except the one thing proven to work. Deaths have tripled as a result.
