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Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·February 23, 2026·5 min read

Persistent poverty varies massively across U.S. regions

It’s essentially non-existent at the county level in some regions, and hardly uncommon in others
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·February 13, 2026·1 min read

In Smithsonian: when NYC tried to become its own country

On the brink of the Civil War, New York City's mayor led a movement to secede from the New England-settled Upstate to become its own country
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·February 10, 2026·4 min read

Is Trump’s support faltering in every region save Greater Appalachia?

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·January 23, 2026·2 min read

In Poland, Woodard shares Nationhood Lab’s work with scholars, students, officials and the media

January 20, 2025 WARSAW, POLAND – Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard spent last week in Poland, presenting the project’s work to students, scholars, diplomats and public officials and appearing on all three of the country’s competing nationwide television networks.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·January 2, 2026·2 min read

For Politico: the historical roots of our (regional) immigration divide

The "Great Wave" immigrants didn't come to the Dixie regions, where policies and public attitudes toward them remain unfriendly today
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·December 17, 2025·3 min read

Blue Shift: California’s redistricting ballot measure converts its Far West section

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·December 8, 2025·4 min read

Regional differences in attitudes toward undocumented immigrants

The Democracy Project + UCLA Nationscape polls revealed fractures paralleling previously reported regional immigration history By Colin Woodard With the...
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·November 22, 2025·5 min read

The 2025 Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections and the American Nations

This month's votes followed the usual regional lines, but with shifts toward Democrats even in rural Appalachia
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·November 21, 2025·1 min read

WHYY discusses Nationhood Lab’s work with project director Colin Woodard

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·November 20, 2025·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director shares project’s work at New America, Salve, Politics & Prose and beyond

November 21, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. –  The director of Salve Regina University’s Nationhood Lab is on tour promoting Nations Apart: How...
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·November 5, 2025·1 min read

NY Times OpEd: America isn’t a blood-and-soil nation

In the New York Times, Nationhood Lab's director counters Vice President J.D. Vance's argument that being American is about having the right ancestry, rather than fealty to the ideals in the Declaration of Independence
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·October 29, 2025·2 min read

Nations Apart — the book showcasing Nationhood Lab — goes on tour

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Nationhood Lab
  • THE CHALLENGE
    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
    • A Lost National Narrative
  • OUR WORK
    • Data Journalism
    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
  • NEWS AND UPDATES
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
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