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Talking to CBS News about regionalism, authoritarianism, and the possibility of a violent collapse of the U.S.
Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard was the guest on CBS News’s The Takeout August 27 to discuss how the centuries-old regional divides in the U.S. facilitated the decline of democracy and the rise of authoritarianism. Asked about the dangers of states clashing with the federal government, leading to a... ....Read More
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author, historian and award-winning journalist. He is the author of seven books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at Maine's Portland Press Herald, he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a 2016 Pulitzer Prize. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Politico, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.