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National Narrative

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·April 11, 2025·1 min read

Nationhood Lab’s rebooted story of America featured on public radio’s Marketplace Morning Report

Host David Brancaccio spoke with Project director Colin Woodard about the Pell Center project's findings about a widely shared story of national purpose and belonging
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedUpdates
·October 29, 2025·2 min read

Nations Apart — the book showcasing Nationhood Lab — goes on tour

Project Director Colin Woodard's new book goes on sale November 4 from Viking Press / Random House. He's doing a dozen events in six states and the District of Columbia.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·November 5, 2025·1 min read

NY Times OpEd: America isn’t a blood-and-soil nation

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·October 8, 2025·1 min read

OpEd: America is sliding toward authoritarianism. It’s really unpopular

Writing in Maine's Bangor Daily News, Nationhood Lab's director argues the U.S. is already a hybrid regime and that its people need to stand up for the American Experiment
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·
In the News
·April 7, 2025·1 min read

OpEd: Yes, there is still a shared American national story

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·May 14, 2025·1 min read

Presenting the rebooted national story on Garry Kasparov’s The Next Move substack

The democracy advocate and former chess grandmaster praised Nationhood Lab's work in an introduction to project director Colin Woodard's guest essay
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 15, 2025·1 min read

Sharing our rebooted national story — and why we need one — on PBS’s “Story in the Public Square”

Nationhood Lab's director was the guest on the 400th episode of the award-winning public television series, co-produced by the Pell Center and Rhode Island PBS
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

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·June 27, 2025·1 min read

There’s still a shared American story, Woodard argues in an essay for AEI

Nationhood Lab's director shares the project's findings on a rebooted U.S. national narrative for the American Enterprise Institute’s Center on Opportunity and Social Mobility
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·April 6, 2023·1 min read

U.S. nationhood was created nearly from scratch in the 19th century. Was Daniel Webster responsible?

In Washington Monthly's spring issue, Nationhood Lab's director writes on the creation of the U.S. national narrative in a review of Joel Richard Paul's Indivisible.
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

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  • 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
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
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
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
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