Emily DePrang is a staff writer at
The Texas Observer, where she covers public health and criminal justice. Her reporting has appeared in
The Atlantic,
Black Book,
Bitch,
Nerve,
FHM, and others. A former nonfiction editor of the
Sonora Review, DePrang has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Arizona and a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2013, DePrang won the Sigma Delta Chi award from the Society of Professional Journalists for public interest magazine journalism and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for an essay published in Fourth Genre.
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On Monday, a grand jury declined to indict the Houston police officer who in September shot and killed Brian Claunch, a mentally ill, wheelchair-bound [...] Full Story
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The Supreme Court determined that alcohol dissipating over time does not create an exigent circumstance overriding the whole Fourth Amendment thing. Full Story
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I expected a tea party rally with heavy security. Or at least an information booth on outfitting your bunker for the coming race wars. But no. The NRA exhibits were nerdy good times for people who think guns are interesting. Full Story
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Human Rights Watch released an extensive report that makes a case for exempting minors from the requirements that lump juvenile sex offenders in with adults. Full Story
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Pop quiz. Which is worse: A) someone starving to death, or B) littering? If you answered B), you might want to run for Houston [...] Full Story
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I expected a tea party rally with heavy security. Or at least an information booth on outfitting your bunker for the coming race wars. But no. The NRA exhibits were nerdy good times for people who think guns are interesting. Full Story
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Kevin Woodson, 56, never saw a black cowboy when he was growing up, but he was determined to become one himself. Full Story
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Mauricio Blanco has made a life on the Texas coast as an oysterman, though drought and pollution make it harder to earn a living every year. Full Story
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Horrific stories of medical neglect continue to emerge from Dallas's privately run Dawson State Jail. As damning reports are released one after another, a bipartisan coalition is asking how Dawson isn't closed yet. Full Story
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Ken Pridgeon, 77, is on a mission to memorialize every Texas serviceperson lost in Iraq and Afghanistan with a 3’-by-4’ portrait, Full Story
