Donald Trump and his allies are marking the 250th birthday of the Declaration of Independence by attacking what it stands for, Nationhood Lab Director Colin Woodard wrote in an opinion… Read more »
Articles Tagged: media appearances
For TPM: the America250 commission’s deeply flawed Christian Nationalist comic book history series
In Talking Points Memo, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard discusses the disturbing contents of the official, Congressionally-created America250 commission’s core historical product: a sixteen-volume comic book series produced under license to a Christian comic… Read more »
Television documentary shoot on pirates, Glendale, California, July 16
I’m filming an in-studio interview for a forthcoming historical documentary television episode on one of the pirates I wrote about in Republic of Pirates in Glendale, California the morning of… Read more »
Speaking to the BBC and Politico about the meaning of 250 years of U.S. history
For the nation’s 250th birthday, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard spoke with the BBC and Politico about the meaning of the U.S. history, how the country expanded, and the still… Read more »
The regional geography of social capital in the Washington Monthly
For Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab Director Colin Woodard shared the results of the project’s recent analysis of the geography of social capital in the United States. The online piece summarized the results… Read more »
Is the U.S. a nation-state? How does it hold together? Discussing national identity with the CSCE’s Transatlantic podcast
The Helsinki Accords — signed in 1975 by the Soviet Union, U.S., Canada and every country in Europe (save Albania and Andorra) — were a landmark development in the acknowledgement… Read more »
Sharing Nations Apart with public television’s “Story in the Public Square”
Last week, I was the guest on the nationally syndicated public television series “Story in the Public Square,” which is produced by the Pell Center and Rhode Island’s Ocean State… Read more »
Can Mills catch Platner? On the US Senate race with The Christian Science Monitor
Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard, a Maine native who covered that state’s Congressional delegation and electoral politics for the Portland Press Herald, was interviewed by the Christian Science Monitor for an extensive story on… Read more »
In Poland, Woodard shares Nationhood Lab’s work with scholars, students, officials and the media
January 20, 2025 WARSAW, POLAND – Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard spent last week in Poland, presenting the project’s work to students, scholars, diplomats and public officials and appearing on… Read more »
Discussing Nations Apart with Iowa Public Radio and Quad Cities NPR
Nationhood Lab‘s director, Colin Woodard, discussed his new book, Nations Apart, and the project’s work showcased therein on the flagship public affairs programs of Iowa Public Radio and WVIK, the Rock… 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.