For the past week, readers of American Nations have been asking for an analysis of the midterm elections via the underlying regional cultures identified in the book, which defines our regions based… Read more »
Article Topic: US politics
Talking American Nations and the midterms on KABC Los Angeles
While Americans were voting, I rejoined Peter Tilden at Los Angeles’ talk radio mega station KABC to discuss American Nations, American Character, and the implications for the midterms. Our conversation is available online… Read more »
The Making of Alan Caron, independent candidate for Maine governor
There’s a four-way race to replace Maine Governor Paul LePage, and I’ve been writing in-depth profiles of each of the contenders for the Maine Sunday Telegram — pieces that ask… Read more »
The Making of Shawn Moody, GOP nominee for Maine governor
Maine’s bombastic governor, Paul LePage, is term limited and leaves office early next year. Over the past six weeks I’ve been at work on a series of in-depth profiles of… Read more »
Talking American Nations with Maine Public radio’s Maine Calling
I was the guest for yesterday’s edition of “Maine Calling,” the hour-long interview and call-in program of Maine Public radio, talking about the American Nations, their implications for US politics,… Read more »
Talking American Nations with CityLab, Sen. Collins’ Roe position with CSPAN
I recently spoke with CityLab‘s Laura Bliss about the American Nations framework, where it came from, and how I came to create it. Here’s her piece, which appeared last week…. Read more »
A New York Times American Nations OpEd
The New York Times asked me to write an opinion piece on the political implications of American Nations recently and, to my great pleasure, accepted it and built a terrific… Read more »
Mainer makes Putin’s interrogation wish list
In today’s Portland Press Herald, I have the story of how a guy from Maine wound up on Vladimir Putin’s list of Americans he’d like turned over for interrogation, a… Read more »
Sen. Collins’ stance won’t save Roe v Wade, experts say
President Donald Trump will announce his latest nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States in a few hours, a nominee who will need 51 votes to be confirmed… 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.