For the first anniversary of the January 6th coup attempt in Washington, I recreated the day in the lives of six Mainers who were at the Capitol complex that day:… Read more »
Articles Tagged: Maine
How Maine became a Covid-19 hotspot
Maine and northern New England have been among the safest places in the United States for most of the pandemic, with low case rates, per capita hospitalizations and deaths. But… Read more »
Where does Maine’s Congressional delegation stand on Build Back Better (and protecting voting)?
This post was first published 30 October 2021. I cover Maine’s congressional delegation for the state’s largest paper, the Portland Press Herald, and over the past week have been keeping… Read more »
Paul LePage is back and Maine braces for a political storm
Here in Maine, former Governor Paul LePage — who has described himself as “Trump before Trump” — officially kicked off his campaign to return to the governor’s mansion last night… Read more »
Talking Union in York, Maine, Sept.14.
For those in southern Maine or Seacoast New Hampshire: I’ll be speaking on my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the story of United States Nationhood at the York… Read more »
9/11 Started Here, in Portland, Maine
The leader of the 9/11 hijackers, Mohamed Atta, spent his last night and the morning of September 11th on the outskirts of Portland, Maine, amid the mundane commercial sprawl of… Read more »
Rep. Golden on disrupting Democratic leader’s strategy, Afghanistan
US Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME02) is the most successful Democrat in Trumpland, having won more crossover Trump voters than any other Democrat currently in the House, this in a district… Read more »
Union talk – Kennebunk, Maine
I’ll be speaking about my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, at the Brick Store Museum in Kennebunk, Maine. It’s a public… Read more »
Union talk – York, Maine
I’ll be speaking about my most recent book, Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, at the York Public Library in York, Maine. Books available for… Read more »
Quebec to New England transmission project could be delayed by rival
Here in Maine one of the most controversial public policy issues of recent years has been over a project to connect the massive hydroelectric dams in northern Quebec with the… 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.