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National Narrative

Colin Woodard·
In 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

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

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

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

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·
In the News
·May 16, 2024·2 min read

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

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·November 21, 2025·1 min read

WHYY discusses Nationhood Lab’s work with project director Colin Woodard

Woodard the guest on the Philadelphia public radio superstation’s hour-long live public affairs interview show, “The Connection” with Marty Moss-Coane....
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·December 16, 2024·2 min read

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

December 15, 2024 WASHINGTON –  The director of Salve Regina University’s Nationhood Lab presented on the problems of U.S. nationhood at...
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·December 10, 2023·2 min read

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

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·November 6, 2023·1 min read

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

The Nationhood Lab Director was the guest on Brigham Young University radio's popular public affairs program and podcast hosted by Julie Rose and argued for the need for a revitalized civic national narrative for the United States
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·April 29, 2025·2 min read

Woodard discusses America’s shared story with Ted Johnson on Maine Public radio’s flagship public affairs program

The Nationhood Lab director and New America scholar appeared on the statewide, long-format "Maine Calling" program to talk about the project's new work on a rebooted U.S. civic national narrative
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·November 25, 2025·2 min read

Woodard discusses Nationhood Lab’s work on KERA’s syndicated Think program

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  • THE CHALLENGE
    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
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    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
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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
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
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