Nationhood Lab
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
Random
  • Latest
  • Oldest
  • Random
  • A to Z

In the News

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

Colin Woodard was the guest on Mounk's The Good Fight, a popular podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·April 6, 2023·1 min read

U.S. nationhood was created nearly from scratch in the 19th century. Was Daniel Webster responsible?

In Washington Monthly's spring issue, Nationhood Lab's director writes on the creation of the U.S. national narrative in a review of Joel Richard Paul's Indivisible.
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·May 16, 2024·2 min read

Washington Monthly: Can the Declaration of Independence’s Ideals Hold America Together?

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·October 5, 2023·1 min read

The early 20th century Appalachian migration to Great Lakes cities created big tensions, but did it help bring down the New Deal coalition?

In Washington Monthly‘s September-October issue, Nationhood Lab’s director reviews a compelling new book on this forgotten great migration, Max Fraser's Hillbilly Highway
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·July 26, 2025·1 min read

WBUR’s Cognoscenti features Nationhood Lab’s work on U.S. regional differences

One of the Boston-based public radio superstation's opinion section editors saw the American Nations model reflected in Europe
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

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·September 9, 2024·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses crisis in democracy, defends liberal arts, on UNE’s “Oh, the Humanities” podcast

Speaking in advance of a Sept. 23 lecture at the Maine university, Colin Woodard discussed Nationhood Lab's work, the value of the humanities, and the threats to U.S. democracy
Colin Woodard·
In the NewsUncategorized
·April 25, 2023·1 min read

For POLITICO: On the geography of U.S. gun violence

In Politico, Nationhood Lab's director writes about the project's latest study on the geography of American gun violence and the staggering differences between regions.
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·October 12, 2024·1 min read

La Presse interviews Woodard on American Nations and U.S. politics

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·July 30, 2025·1 min read

Canadian regional politics mirror those in the U.S., Woodard argues in essay for Ottawa think tank

Nationhood Lab's director unpacked the implications of the project's recent analysis of the 2025 Canadian federal election for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, showing why Trumpist-style politics are a tough sell there.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·September 18, 2023·1 min read

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

This summer Nationhood Lab has been focused on regional health disparities and earlier this month the project published a large data journalism package showing wide gaps in life expectancy between U.S. regions. On Sept. 1, Politico published a magazine length story on the findings by project director Colin Woodard, which became the most read story on the site the following afternoon.
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·July 23, 2023·1 min read

Die Welt: Nationhood Lab director on the challenges to U.S. nationhood

Load More

Salve Regina University

An initiative of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina University

100 Ochre Point Avenue
Newport, Rhode Island 02840 USA

 (401) 847-6650

(c) 2023 Salve Regina University

  • 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
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
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
American Nations Data Journalism media appearances National Narrative policy analysis
See all results

SUBSCRIBE

Join 100k+ other tech lovers and get the latest news in your inbox
[mc4wp_form id="389"]