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Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 2, 2023·2 min read

How a “freedom-and-fairness” agenda help can save the U.S. republic and federation

In Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab's director outlines a policy agenda to shore up U.S. democracy and beat back the authoritarian threat to the country
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·June 15, 2026·3 min read

Trump says America was founded not as an idea, but on the character of Anglo-Saxon settlers. Americans disagree by nearly 9 to 1.

In a new Pell Center poll, Americans say we're founded on the ideals of the Declaration rather than the intrinsic character of the Anglo-Saxon people by 85-15, and for Republicans and Trump voters the gap is even wider
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·August 29, 2024·8 min read

Survey results: Authoritarian mindsets and the American Nations regions

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·June 29, 2024·18 min read

Immigration and the American Nations

The United States is regions apart when it comes to attitudes about immigration, immigrants and immigration policies. The geography of immigration has shifted substantially since 1900, with political effects visible on the ground.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·March 26, 2024·3 min read

How Gun violence is helping drive diabetes and other chronic diseases in the southern American Nations regions

In a new study in the American Journal of Medicine, Nationhood Lab’s director and his collaborators find evidence linking firearm fatalities and physical inactivity in the American Nations regions, most especially in the Dixie bloc, El Norte, and First Nation
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·December 29, 2023·5 min read

Social vulnerability, health outcomes and the American Nations

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
·March 7, 2026·4 min read

Regional differences in excessive drinking

Researchers from Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and the HealthPartners Institute found significant differences in excessive drinking across the American Nations regional cultures in a new paper published in the academic journal PLOS One
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·February 9, 2024·3 min read

The American Nations and the 50 States

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
·February 13, 2023·7 min read

The 2022 Midterms and the American Nations: regional differences trump rural/urban divide most everywhere, with a couple of important exceptions

Centuries-old settlement geography can still be contemporary elections, accounting for tectonic divisions within key states. In statewide races, Democrats often lost urban counties in the resultant “red” regional cultures and won the rural ones in “blue” regions.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 31, 2023·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses the authoritarian crisis and the problems of U.S. nationhood with Yascha Mounk on The Good Fight podcast

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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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