Emily DePrang is a staff writer at
The Texas Observer where she covers criminal justice and public health. Her work has appeared in
The Atlantic and Salon.com, and she’s a former nonfiction editor of the
Sonora Review. She’s holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Arizona and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2013, she was a National Health Journalism Fellow; in 2012 she won the Sigma Delta Chi award for public service in magazine journalism.
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Houston-based investors took to the Marijuana investment Conference hoping to see high returns from the legal Marijuana industry. Full Story
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This week's nutball roundup includes sermon subpoenas, Ebola hysteria, and Jim Hogan asking the big questions, which involve watermelon. Full Story
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This week's WTF Friday, our look at the dialectical excellence of Texas politics, focuses on Rick Perry, Greg Abbott and Ted Cruz, but also has gifs, which helps. Full Story
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HPD has plenty of problems--sexual harassment, forged tickets, neglected homicides--but the overarching one is denial. Full Story
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The biggest, best, and newest studies agree that the U.S. needs to incarcerate fewer people. So why are the numbers climbing? Texas is one reason. Full Story
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Manuel Velez, sentenced to die in 2008 based on flawed science, stepped into the sun on Wednesday, free for the first time in years. Full Story
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For years, Texas cops left nearly 20,000 rape kits untested while perpetrators went free. Now some agencies are confronting that injustice. Full Story
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The Observer reviews René Steinke's third novel, Friendswood. Full Story
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Are megachurch-goers looking for sanctuary in all the wrong places? Full Story
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Texas’ foster care reforms were supposed to fix a deadly system. Instead, they might make it worse.
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