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Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·April 19, 2025·7 min read

Intergenerational economic mobility and the American Nations regional cultures

Repeating part of Raj Chetty's classic study using the American Nations model revealed strong differences across U.S. regional cultures, with southern regions performing worst
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·August 19, 2022·1 min read

The United States of New England?

In the Boston Globe, Pell Center senior fellow Colin Woodard argues a breakup of the United States would be a disaster to be avoided at all costs. But if it happened, history suggests an independent New England might well emerge.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·August 31, 2025·3 min read

The 2024 Presidential Election and the American Nations, updated

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
·August 29, 2024·8 min read

Survey results: Authoritarian mindsets and the American Nations regions

Our national survey found the Deep South and Left Coast are polar opposites when it comes to right-wing authoritarian mindsets, but that Yankeedom and Greater Appalachia have nuanced pictures
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·July 1, 2025·4 min read

The American Nations in Canada

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
·September 17, 2025·3 min read

New study reveals regional differences in wellness across the United States

September 15, 2025 MISSISSAUGA, Ontario and NEWPORT, R.I. -- In the United States, Northeastern and Midwestern residents tend to have higher physical, social, mental and financial—i.e., “traditional”—wellness, while Southern residents have report higher “existential” wellness, involving a sense of purpose, fulfillment and community identity, according to a new analysis of survey data from more than 325,000 Americans.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·November 21, 2025·1 min read

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

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·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 15, 2025·1 min read

Sharing our rebooted national story — and why we need one — on PBS’s “Story in the Public Square”

Nationhood Lab's director was the guest on the 400th episode of the award-winning public television series, co-produced by the Pell Center and Rhode Island PBS
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeaturedUncategorized
·April 21, 2023·27 min read

The Geography of U.S. Gun Violence

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Nationhood Lab
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    • 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
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    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
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