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Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·September 17, 2024·6 min read

Survey results: Americans overwhelmingly oppose election subversion, book bans, but split on partisan lines over voter suppression and presidents being above law

Most Americans say they support the liberal democratic values at the core of the American Experiment, but would they actually do so in practice when doing so might not help their “side” obtain or sustain power? The answer, according to our latest surveys, is “yes,” for most Americans, but not necessarily on the American right.
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·September 9, 2024·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses crisis in democracy, defends liberal arts, on UNE’s “Oh, the Humanities” podcast

Speaking in advance of a Sept. 23 lecture at the Maine university, Colin Woodard discussed Nationhood Lab's work, the value of the humanities, and the threats to U.S. democracy
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·May 16, 2024·2 min read

Washington Monthly: Can the Declaration of Independence’s Ideals Hold America Together?

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·April 26, 2024·3 min read

Most Americans Define the U.S. by adherence to ideals rather than heritage, ancestry, or traditions, a new Pell Center Nationhood Lab poll finds

The nationwide survey finds Americans prefer to define their country by its commitment to civic ideals rather than by shared ancestry, history, traditions or culture by wide margins
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·April 18, 2024·2 min read

How best to understand America’s competing national myths?

In Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard reviews a new book from an eminent scholar of the American mythos doesn’t quite hit the mark
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·January 13, 2024·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director addresses Jan. 6 vigil in Newport

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·December 26, 2023·1 min read

OpEd: Nationhood Lab director on the autocratic threat to the U.S. and the need for a new national story

Writing in Maine’s largest newspaper, the Pell Center’s Colin Woodard makes the case for a rebooted U.S. national narrative to...
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·December 10, 2023·2 min read

Woodard addresses international fellows at National Defense University on problems of U.S. nationhood

December 10, 2023 WASHINGTON –  The director of Salve Regina University’s Nationhood Lab presented on the problems of U.S. nationhood at...
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·November 6, 2023·1 min read

Woodard discusses America’s contested founding story on BYU radio’s Top of Mind

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·November 2, 2023·2 min read

U.S. survival depends on a renewed national story, Woodard argues in a new essay for AEI’s Social Breakdown series

A rebooted, 21st century version of our civic national narrative is the vital glue that can hold the republic and federation together, Woodard argues in a piece for the American Enterprise Institute's Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 31, 2023·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses the authoritarian crisis and the problems of U.S. nationhood with Yascha Mounk on The Good Fight podcast

Colin Woodard was the guest on Mounk's The Good Fight, a popular podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·July 23, 2023·1 min read

Die Welt: Nationhood Lab director on the challenges to U.S. nationhood

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Nationhood Lab
  • THE CHALLENGE
    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
    • A Lost National Narrative
  • OUR WORK
    • Data Journalism
    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
  • NEWS AND UPDATES
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    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
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