Emily DePrang
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 Investors Hope the Legal Marijuana Industry Will Make Them High Rollers
Houston-based investors took to the Marijuana investment Conference hoping to see high returns from the legal Marijuana industry. Full Story -
WTF Friday: I’m Sure It’s Nothing
This week's nutball roundup includes sermon subpoenas, Ebola hysteria, and Jim Hogan asking the big questions, which involve watermelon. Full Story -
WTF Friday: November Is Coming
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 -
Houston Police Dept. Plagued By Fresh Scandal, Old Denial
HPD has plenty of problems--sexual harassment, forged tickets, neglected homicides--but the overarching one is denial. Full Story -
More Prisoners, More Problems: Mass Incarceration Climbs Again
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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Tyrant’s Foe: Josh Gravens Fights Criminal Justice Policies that Hurt Children
Josh Gravens is using his experience as a child on the sex offender registry to help combat criminal justice policies that hurt children. Full Story -
Huntsville Redemption
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 -
To Catch a Rapist: Houston Leads on Testing Old Rape Kits
For years, Texas cops left nearly 20,000 rape kits untested while perpetrators went free. Now some agencies are confronting that injustice. Full Story -
René Steinke Reclaims a Wasteland in Friendswood: A Novel
The Observer reviews René Steinke's third novel, Friendswood. Full Story -
Gimme Shelter
Are megachurch-goers looking for sanctuary in all the wrong places? Full Story
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