Erik Herron

Why does Russia want the Donbas region? Russia’s President Vladimir Putin wants any settlement for ending the Russia-Ukraine war to include giving Russia full control of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Why does Russia want the Donbas?

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin wants any settlement for ending the Russia-Ukraine war to include giving Russia full control of Ukraine’s Donbas region. Why does Russia want the Donbas?

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18.08.2025 19:17 — 👍 11    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0

It was a great privilege to chair the committee for Nazar Boyko’s outstanding dissertation about authoritarian election management. The committee, including Henry Hale, Matthew Jacobsmeier, and Mason Moseley, met virtually for today's successful defense. Congratulations, Dr. Boyko!

11.07.2025 19:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great turnout at the Morgantown #NoKings rally today. Really positive response from cars driving by, too!

14.06.2025 18:10 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Principles for Democratic Electoral Reform

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WVU Magazine | Prepping for Doomsday: The Fight Against Disaster Through their continuing work, WVU researchers are giving communities hope and the tools to prepare, rebuild and recover.

WVU researchers are looking at "what's next?" when it comes to predicting disasters. go.wvu.edu/4g9ih @westvirginiau.bsky.social @erikherron.bsky.social @mihyun-kim.bsky.social

04.03.2025 19:05 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Help Ukraine | Operation Palyanytsya Help UKRAINE 22 OPERATION PALYANYTSYA. Support is provided both financially and in humanitarian and medical supplies. Having a presence in the US, EU, and Ukraine gives us both fiscal and supply flexi...

If you’re looking for a way to help Ukraine on this anniversary of the Russian invasion, this is an organization we support: helpukraine22.org

25.02.2025 00:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I returned home from our campus commemoration of the 3rd anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and found the new book by @avindman.bsky.social in my mailbox. I look forward to reading it!

25.02.2025 00:47 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Trump says Ukraine “started” the war. That’s Pants on Fire! As the three-year anniversary of Russia's Ukraine invasion neared, President Donald Trump offered a false version of his

President Donald Trump said Ukraine “started” the war on its territory. Pants on Fire! Russia was the one who invaded. www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

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Wayback Machine

It is available via the Wayback Machine: web.archive.org/web/20250116...

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Science funding agency threatened with mass layoffs National Science Foundation staff heard the plans at a meeting Tuesday.

I don't know how else to put this: This is fucking insane.

NSF, a $10 billion grantmaking agency, is planning to lay off between a quarter and a half of its staff in the next two months.

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If you have kids in your life, tomorrow you have a duty to talk to them, at their level of understanding, about the events of January 6, 2021. Remember and rely on your own experiences watching live, in real time, on camera— & in subsequent hearings, investigations, interviews & journalism. (1/3)

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