In Friday’s Portland Press Herald, I had a follow up on how Maine’s two US Senators — both of whom sit on the committee leading the key probe into the… Read more »
Article Topic: Maine
Collins ok with Trump firing Comey, while King calls for him to head Senate investigation
Maine’s US Senators have a key role in the investigation of the Trump campaign’s contacts with and ties to Russia. They both sit on the senate intelligence committee, possibly the… Read more »
An ALEC bill blocking municipal broadband appears and dies in Maine
In today’s Portland Press Herald, I had the story of how a bill developed by the American Legislative Exchange Council — or ALEC — aiming to hamstring towns and cities’… Read more »
Speaking on American Character May 3 at UMF in Farmington, Maine
I grew up in Western Maine, for a time in a house surrounded by the campus of the University of Maine at Farmington, so it’s always a pleasure to return… Read more »
Trump’s tariffs on Canadian softwood please Maine sawmill owners
In today’s Portland Press Herald, I report on how President Trump’s imposition of punitive tariffs against imported Canadian softwood lumber are being seen in Maine, a state where two-fifths of… Read more »
Talking media in the Trump Age, Colby College, April 25
On Tuesday, April 25, I’ll be joining Ali Watkins of BuzzFeed News and CNN’s Steve Collinson at Colby College to talk about the press in the Trump age, with special reference… Read more »
Speaking on American Character, St. Joseph’s College, April 24
This coming Monday, April 24, I’ll be speaking about my most recent book, American Character, at Saint Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine, and the implications of the 2016 election. The title is… Read more »
Deeper EPA cuts threaten Maine’s economy, environment
Late last month it became public that President Trump has proposed even deeper cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency than those initially reporter. In this past Sunday’s Maine Sunday Telegram, I… Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is the author of six 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 the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. He is a contributing editor at POLITICO and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.