Philadelphia’s Carpenter’s Hall, where the First Continental Congress met in 1774, has invited me back to speak on the historical roots of Pennsylvania politics, the answers to which lie in… Read more »
Articles Tagged: US politics
Reflecting on America’s 250th, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sept. 22 (Private)
I’ll be presenting Nationhood Lab’s work at a special convening of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, “Reflecting on America’s 250th,” in Cambridge, Mass, September 22nd. Details to follow.
Trump’s support is collapsing in every American Nations region
Over at Nationhood Lab, I recently posted a regional analysis of Trump’s approval ratings, based on G. Elliott Morris’s polls and local-level model. It presents a devastating picture for the… Read more »
Speaking at the WBUR Festival, May 29, on causes and remedies for polarization in the U.S
Have you ever wishes you could hear Dr. Lilliana Mason, Dr. Joshua Greene and myself converse on the underlying causes of our tribe-like polarization and what can be done about… Read more »
Speaking on Nations Apart, Gardiner, Maine, June 4
I’ll be presenting on Nations Apart and the work of Nationhood Lab at the historic Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner, Maine on the evening of June 4, hosted by… 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 »
Speaking on the crisis in U.S. democracy and what to do about it at Emmanuel College, Salem Athenaeum
APRIL 19, 2026 BOSTON – Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard shared Nationhood Lab’s work on American divisions and the story that unites the U.S. to audiences at Emmanuel College Boston and… 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 »
Presenting at the WBUR Festival, Boston, Massachusetts, May 29
I’ll be joining a panel on the polarization of America and how it happened at the WBUR Festival, May 29 in Boston. More details to follow, but this link leads… Read more »
Presenting Nations Apart in Bar Harbor, Maine, Sept. 17
I’ll be presenting on Nations Apart and the work of Nationhood Lab at the MDI Biological Lab’s Maren Auditorium in Bar Harbor Sept. 17, as the Acadia Senior College’s annual… 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.