Over at Nationhood Lab, I wrote about the regional divides in household creditworthiness, debt, and delinquency and the correlations with lack of medical care, using the regional cultures described in… Read more »
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Nationhood Lab research finds most Americans share a common vision for the United States
The broadly accepted narrative is rooted in the civic ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence Washington, D.C. – March 12, 2025 – Nationhood Lab has released the findings of a groundbreaking… Read more »
Speaking with Montreal’s La Presse about the American Nations and U.S. politics
The Washington correspondent of Montreal’s La Presse, the traditional newspaper of record in Quebec, recently came to Maine and reached out to me about American Nations, his book about U.S…. Read more »
Speaking on American Nations in Provo, Utah, Oct. 3
I’ll be speaking about American Nations, the eleven rival regional cultures of North America, in Provo, Utah this coming Thursday, October 3rd, at Brigham Young University. The talk, which kicks… Read more »
Speaking on the crisis in U.S. democracy and environmental issues, Orono, Maine, Sept. 26
I will be delivering the annual Libby Lecture on Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Maine’s flagship campus in Orono this coming Thursday, October. 26. The talk… Read more »
Delivering my Gettysburg Address in Pennsylvania, Sept. 17
The Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College has kindly invited me to deliver their Constitution Day Lecture this coming Tuesday, September 17, which I’ve entitled “Why is U.S. Democracy in Crisis?:… Read more »
Defending the liberal arts on UNE’s “Oh, the Humanities Podcast” ahead of Sept. 23 talk
The University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities has kindly invited me to give a talk on “Uniting Divided America” at their Portland campus Sept. 23. Ahead of… Read more »
Speaking on rebooting the U.S. in Stonington, Maine, Aug. 28
Downeast Maine: I’ll be speaking on the crisis facing U.S. democracy, how we got here, why we’re vulnerable and what we can do about it, at the Seaside Series hosted… Read more »
Immigration and the American Nations
Over at Nationhood Lab I’ve published a detailed study of the regional geography of immigration and immigration opinion. Using the American Nations model it demonstrates how unevenly foreign immigration has… Read more »
The American Nations, health lifestyles, COVID-19 and life expectancy
NEWPORT, R.I. (July 9) – A series of newly published studies reveal significant differences between U.S. regions in various measures of health and healthy lifestyles, life expectancy, and COVID-19 infection, vaccination… 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.