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·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

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Updates

·May 8, 2026·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director shares backstory of America’s 250th at Salve Regina and the American Independence Center

NEWPORT, R.I. -- Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard argued that Americans need to stand up for the Declaration of Independence's vision for the United States as the country faces a resurgence in "blood and soil" ethnonational authoritarianism at events across New England to mark the document's 250th birthday.

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Featured In the News

·May 3, 2026·1 min read

Woodard discusses Nations Apart and Nationhood Lab’s research with public television’s “Story in the Public Square”

Colin Woodard·

Featured In the News

·March 11, 2026·2 min read

Is the U.S. a nation-state? How does it hold together? Discussing national identity with the CSCE’s Transatlantic podcast

Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard joined the podcast of the U.S. Helsinki Commission at their Washington studios to talk about U.S. survival and how his time in Eastern Europe and the Balkans informs his work

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Featured Updates

·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.

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Updates

·December 15, 2025·1 min read

Woodard shares Nationhood Lab’s work at Tufts University, the University of Illinois Chicago

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In the News

·November 25, 2025·2 min read

Woodard discusses Nationhood Lab’s work on KERA’s syndicated Think program

Nationhood Lab's founder also discussed his new book, Nations Apart, on the Dallas NPR superstation's hour-format interview program, which is carried by public radio stations in 29 states nationwide

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Featured In the News

·November 21, 2025·1 min read

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

Woodard the guest on the Philadelphia public radio superstation’s hour-long live public affairs interview show, “The Connection” with Marty Moss-Coane....