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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When Good Stories Turn Bad: Anand Giridharadas’ The True American
In The True American, author Anand Giridharadas forces a solid fairy tale to tackle questions way above its pay grade. Full Story -
Dem Candidate for Harris County DA Says Domestic Violence is ‘Overrated’
More than a quarter of the Texas women murdered by their partners die in Harris County. But Lloyd Oliver, who won the Democratic nomination for DA in 2012 and is running again, wants to shrink the division to pursue "serious" criminals. Full Story -
Barred Care
Want treatment for mental illness in Houston? Go to jail. Full Story -
The Horror Every Day: Police Brutality In Houston Goes Unpunished
The Houston Police Department rarely punishes its officers for excessive force. Full Story -
Crimes Unpunished
HPD's discipline process, having evolved over decades of negotiations between the city and police union, now functions like a modern version of the notorious “code of silence.” Full Story