Emily DePrang joined
The Texas Observer in 2011 as a staff writer covering criminal justice and public health. Before that, she was nonfiction editor of the
Sonora Review. Before that, she was a waitress. She's also appeared in
The Atlantic, Salon.com, and
VICE. She holds an MFA in Nonfiction from the University of Arizona and has won some things, including the Public Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists (2012), the National Health Journalism Fellowship from USC Annenberg (2013), and a nomination for a National Magazine Award in Reporting (2014). She still sometimes thinks about waitressing.
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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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Terrell State Hospital needs help, badly. So why is Texas privatizing the psychiatric facility—and picking a notorious company to run it? Full Story
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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
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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
