• WATCH: 'America at a Crossroads' — Judy Woodruff on political divisions | 2025 Reframe Festival

    WATCH: 'America at a Crossroads' — Judy Woodruff on political divisions | 2025 Reframe Festival

    May 01, 2025 05:50 PM EDT

    ... WATCH MORE: 2025 Reframe Festival, presented by PBS News and KQED The conversation is part of the Reframe Festival, hosted by PBS News in partnership with PBS Bay Area member station KQED. Watch the conversation in the player above. Watch more of Judy Woodruff's series, America at a Crossroads.

  • WATCH: America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff

    WATCH: America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff

    Dec 19, 2023 06:40 PM EDT

    ... across partisan division and build stronger communities. PBS NewsHour’s special, “America at a Crossroads with Judy Woodruff,” will air on PBS on Tuesday, December 19th at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) and on NewsHour’s YouTube channel. View the complete America at a Crossroads series here.

  • 3 things I’ve learned talking with Americans about the country's 250th birthday

    3 things I’ve learned talking with Americans about the country's 250th birthday

    Jun 22, 2026 08:17 PM EDT

    When the year began, I set out to talk to a cross-section of people across the country, alongside some historians, to understand what it means to us to be an American at the two-and-a-half-century mark. The “America at a Crossroads” team explores that idea and ...

  • How Americans are marking the country’s big 2-5-0

    How Americans are marking the country’s big 2-5-0

    Jun 17, 2026 04:37 PM EDT

    ... and flag-flying pomp. Under President Donald Trump, the nation’s 250th also includes cage matches, a street race through Washington, a Christian jubilee and a “Trump rally.” Smaller celebrations, too, are taking shape across the country, as documented by Judy Woodruff and the “America at a Crossroads” team. PBS ...

  • America's 250th anniversary revives questions about religion and the founders

    America's 250th anniversary revives questions about religion and the founders

    Jun 10, 2026 10:20 PM EDT

    ... s part of her series America at a Crossroads. Judy Woodruff: On a Sunday morning last month, the National Mall in Washington was converted into a place of worship, with Christian rock bands belting hallelujahs, the crowd demonstrating their devotion. Rev. Robert Jeffress: if being a Christian nationalist means loving ...

  • Ohio volunteers locate and honor graves of Revolutionary War veterans

    Ohio volunteers locate and honor graves of Revolutionary War veterans

    May 25, 2026 10:30 PM EDT

    ... veterans. It’s part of her series, America at a Crossroads. ... Amna Nawaz: Memorial Day was first established after the Civil War, but has become a day to mark all those who died serving in the military. As the nation celebrates its 250th anniversary, Judy Woodruff reports on a local ...

  • The overlooked history of Asian Americans and the struggle for belonging

    The overlooked history of Asian Americans and the struggle for belonging

    May 13, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... but across American history, their stories and the discrimination they faced have often been overlooked. For her series, America at a Crossroads, Judy Woodruff looks at how that past continues to shape the question of who belongs in America. ... Amna Nawaz: President Trump's visit to China is a reminder ...

  • The local communities hoping America’s 250th birthday will help bridge divides

    The local communities hoping America’s 250th birthday will help bridge divides

    Apr 29, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    ... of her series America at a Crossroads. Judy Woodruff: On a picture-perfect spring morning, a group of British soldiers are preparing for battle. Nearby, a camp of Patriots is doing the same before starting a mile-long march to meet their enemy. But instead of a trek through lightly ...

  • Why the spirit of volunteering is a defining part of America's identity

    Why the spirit of volunteering is a defining part of America's identity

    Apr 15, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    ... to explore how this tradition started and why it remains such a defining part of the nation's identity. It's part of her series America at a Crossroads. Judy Woodruff: The Patagonia all-volunteer fire department has been a fixture of this small Arizona border town for 102 years ...

  • How 'No Kings' rallies fit into America's history of protest

    How 'No Kings' rallies fit into America's history of protest

    Apr 02, 2026 10:20 PM EDT

    ... at thousands of events rallied against the war in Iran, immigration enforcement and what they see as overreach by the Trump administration. For her series, America at a Crossroads, Judy Woodruff went to the protest in Minnesota to explore how it fits into America’s history of fighting authoritarianism. ... Amna ...