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Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeaturedUncategorized
·April 21, 2023·27 min read

The Geography of U.S. Gun Violence

America’s regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them. We crunched the numbers to reveal the geography of firearm homicides and suicides.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·December 17, 2025·3 min read

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

In November, Californians passed Proposition 50, redistricting the state's Congressional districts in response to Texas's extreme, mid-cycle gerrymander. Many Trump-supporting areas backed the move.
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

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·
FeaturedUpdates
·October 29, 2025·2 min read

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

Project Director Colin Woodard's new book goes on sale November 4 from Viking Press / Random House. He's doing a dozen events in six states and the District of Columbia.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·September 17, 2025·3 min read

New study reveals regional differences in wellness across the United States

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·February 9, 2024·3 min read

The American Nations and the 50 States

Which regional culture controls each of the Fifty States and to what degree? We parsed 2020 census data to reveal present day state-level power dynamics
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·March 12, 2025·4 min read

Nationhood Lab research finds most Americans share a common vision for the United States

The broadly accepted narrative is rooted in the civic ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·January 2, 2026·2 min read

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

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·May 28, 2025·3 min read

Scientific Papers lay out the American Nations paradigm for health and medical researchers

In a series of recent peer-reviewed journal articles, Nationhood Lab and its research collaborators presented the American Nations model and its utility for understanding U.S. health patterns
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·July 1, 2025·4 min read

The American Nations in Canada

North America's regional cultures rarely respect current boundaries, and the ones separating the U.S. and Canadian federations are no exception
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·September 18, 2023·1 min read

For POLITICO: on the geography of U.S. life expectancy

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Nationhood Lab
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    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
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  • OUR WORK
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    • A New National Narrative
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  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
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