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Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·June 29, 2024·18 min read

Immigration and the American Nations

The United States is regions apart when it comes to attitudes about immigration, immigrants and immigration policies. The geography of immigration has shifted substantially since 1900, with political effects visible on the ground.
Colin Woodard·
In the NewsUncategorized
·April 25, 2023·2 min read

For POLITICO: On the geography of U.S. gun violence

In Politico, Nationhood Lab's director writes about the project's latest study on the geography of American gun violence and the staggering differences between regions.
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·October 3, 2023·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director addresses National Academies working group on how U.S. regional cultures influence health outcomes and disparities

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·May 17, 2023·1 min read

Woodard discusses Nationhood Lab’s geography of gun violence work with Maine Public and Wisconsin Public Radio

Colin Woodard, director of Salve Regina University's Nationhood Lab, spoke May 10 with two statewide public radio networks about the Pell Center project’s latest work on the geography of gun violence.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·May 24, 2024·23 min read

Abortion’s Regional Divide

Centuries-old settlement patterns created the geographic contours of the contemporary abortion debate, corrosive effects on the bonds that hold the union together
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·September 23, 2025·7 min read

Vaccinations and deaths: the Regional Geography of the Covid-19 pandemic

Colin Woodard·
Data Journalism
·June 6, 2023·6 min read

What a giant 2020 polling effort tells us about regional differences in gun ownership, attitudes to gun control, and the geography of violence

The massive Democracy Fund / UCLA Nationscape polls show correlations between gun deaths, gun ownership rates, and attitudes toward various gun control measures.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·January 2, 2026·2 min read

For Politico: the historical roots of our (regional) immigration divide

The "Great Wave" immigrants didn't come to the Dixie regions, where policies and public attitudes toward them remain unfriendly today
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 2, 2023·2 min read

How a “freedom-and-fairness” agenda help can save the U.S. republic and federation

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

Woodard speaks with MSNBC’s Katy Tur about Nationhood Lab’s “geography of gun violence” work

The Salve Regina University Pell Center project showing massive regional differences in per capita gun homicide and suicide rates was the subject of a live segment on the network's Katy Tur Reports on Tuesday
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·March 4, 2025·5 min read

The Geography of Household Credit, Debt, and Delinquency`

As the U.S economy shudders, families in individualistic regions generally have far less room to maneuver than their counterparts in communitarian cultures
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·July 17, 2023·4 min read

The Regional Geography of Unhealthy Living Characteristics

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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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