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American Nations

·September 18, 2023·1 min read

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

In Politico, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard writes about the project’s latest study on the gaping life expectancy gap between U.S. regions

Colin Woodard·

Featured Updates

·September 14, 2023·2 min read

Nationhood Lab Director Addresses U.S. Senators On Challenges To U.S. Democracy And Nationhood And How To Overcome Them

September 14, 2023 WASHINGTON – On the invitation of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan), the...

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·August 29, 2023·17 min read

The Regional Geography of U.S. Life Expectancy

Colin Woodard·

In 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·

Updates

·July 28, 2023·2 min read

Nationhood Lab partners with public health researchers to publish academic papers on the geography of obesity, diabetes, exercise and other critical phenomena

July 27 2023 NEWPORT, R.I. – Newly published research reveals stark differences between U.S. regions in the prevalence of diabetes,...

Colin Woodard·

In the News

·July 23, 2023·1 min read

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

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·July 17, 2023·4 min read

The Regional Geography of Unhealthy Living Characteristics

Researchers from Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois-Chicago, and the University of Minnesota found stark differences in obesity, diabetes, and exercise across the American Nations in Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases.

Colin Woodard·

In the News

·June 19, 2023·1 min read

Washington Monthly: Woodard on Nationhood Lab’s new insights into the geography of gun violence

In Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard outlines the findings in the project's recent analysis of the geography of gun violence

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism

·June 6, 2023·6 min read

What a giant 2020 polling effort tells us about regional differences in gun ownership, attitudes to gun control, and the geography of violence

Colin Woodard·

In the News

·May 17, 2023·1 min read

Woodard discusses Nationhood Lab’s geography of gun violence work with Maine Public and Wisconsin Public Radio

Colin Woodard, director of Salve Regina University's Nationhood Lab, spoke May 10 with two statewide public radio networks about the Pell Center project’s latest work on the geography of gun violence.