Eric Aasen

KERA Public Media for North Texas

Guest

Reporter and digital news editor for KERA public radio; former staff writer for the Dallas Morning News

Eric Aasen on KCRW

Last night and this morning a raging storm system hammered parts of Oklahoma, Texas and northern Mexico, causing devastating floods and power outages.

Devastating Floods Bring Death and Destruction to Houston, Greater Texas

Last night and this morning a raging storm system hammered parts of Oklahoma, Texas and northern Mexico, causing devastating floods and power outages.

from To the Point

In the aftermath of the attacks on September 11, police, fire and other agencies had trouble talking to one another, in part because they used different codes to describe what was…

Dallas Police Department Drops Police Code

In the aftermath of the attacks on September 11, police, fire and other agencies had trouble talking to one another, in part because they used different codes to describe what was…

from To the Point

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In the 365 days following the events of Oct. 7, the situation in the Middle East is as complicated as ever.

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Though one can debate the reasons, statistics and precedent of nuclear war, what is often left out of the conversation is the reality of it: destruction of the world as a whole.

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Young progressives with Chispa rallied Latino voters for Democrat Derek Tran in OC’s 45th District, a race that hasn’t been called.

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At a time of book bans and the withholding of critically important struggles in our history, our education system has increasingly failed to provide our young with the tools to become…

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LA spends tens of millions of dollars settling sidewalk injury lawsuits each year. But the city says that actually fixing the sidewalks would cost more.

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A ballot initiative would expand the number of LA County supervisors and create a new executive job, in the biggest change to local governance in generations.

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