• Conservative retired judge says Trump 'corroded and corrupted American democracy'

    Conservative retired judge says Trump 'corroded and corrupted American democracy'

    Aug 14, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... and J. Michael Luttig, a retired federal appellate judge and one of the nation's leading conservative legal minds. Judy Woodruff recently visited Judge Luttig at his home in Colorado as part of her ongoing series America at a Crossroads. J. Michael Luttig, Former Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge ...

  • How the loss of local newspapers fueled political divisions in the U.S.

    How the loss of local newspapers fueled political divisions in the U.S.

    Aug 02, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... in technology, is fueling the country's political divisions. Judy Woodruff visited a community in Texas that recently lost its newspaper for her series, America at a Crossroads. ... Geoff Bennett: Over the past few decades, more than 2,000 newspapers across the country have closed, leaving many communities without a ...

  • Iowa Republicans discuss role of politics in their lives, hopes for overcoming divisions

    Iowa Republicans discuss role of politics in their lives, hopes for overcoming divisions

    Jul 19, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... is responsible for it.    A note, we have chosen not to include the participants' full names after some received harassing calls following an earlier story.    This story was produced with our friends at Iowa PBS and is part of Judy's ongoing series America at a Crossroads.   

  • How a group of Ohio voters are working to bridge the widening partisan divide

    How a group of Ohio voters are working to bridge the widening partisan divide

    Jul 05, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... s her latest installment in the series America at a Crossroads. Judy Woodruff: On a beautiful spring Sunday, when many Clevelanders were cheering on runners at the city's annual marathon, we were inside the city's historic public library next door, talking to a half-dozen local residents about ...

  • School boards become battlegrounds for nation's divisions on race, gender and more

    School boards become battlegrounds for nation's divisions on race, gender and more

    Jun 21, 2023 10:20 PM EDT

    ... Pennsylvania where policies around books, gender, sports and how race and history are taught, have divided some community members. It's part of her series, America at a Crossroads. ... Amna Nawaz:  School boards have traditionally been the domain of nonpartisan civic service, with volunteer community members weighing in on curricula ...

  • What Iowa Republicans are thinking after Trump's federal indictment

    What Iowa Republicans are thinking after Trump's federal indictment

    Jun 14, 2023 10:50 PM EDT

    ... shape, and its potential impact on the 2024 race and Republican voters remains unclear.    Judy Woodruff was in Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday for her America at a Crossroads reporting project to listen in on a couple of voter discussions led by conservative pollster Sarah Longwell. Since it was the ...

  • What’s driving America's partisan divide and what might be done to reverse it

    What’s driving America's partisan divide and what might be done to reverse it

    May 31, 2023 10:30 PM EDT

    ... the work being done to understand what’s driving that trend and what might be done to reverse it. It's part of her series, America at a Crossroads. ... Geoff Bennett: Over the past few years, this country has seen a dramatic rise in partisan animosity, with dangerous implications for ...

  • Here's what to know about Sen. Tim Scott, the newest 2024 GOP presidential candidate

    Here's what to know about Sen. Tim Scott, the newest 2024 GOP presidential candidate

    May 22, 2023 07:09 PM EDT

    ... America” to describe his series of appearances before joining the race. Last year in a speech at the Reagan Presidential Library, Scott said he saw Americaat a crossroads — with the potential for a great resetting, a renewal, even a rebirth." His autobiography, released last year, is titled “America: A ...

  • Tulsa faces reckoning over historical racism as state law restricts how history is taught

    Tulsa faces reckoning over historical racism as state law restricts how history is taught

    May 17, 2023 10:35 PM EDT

    ... s her latest installment of America at a Crossroads.   Kristi Williams, Community Activist:  This is where the Dreamland Theatre was located. And my great aunt Janie, when she was 17 years old, she went on a date. Who would have known that, during this date, the massacre happened?   

  • I was born in Tulsa. I returned to learn how leaders are grappling with its history

    I was born in Tulsa. I returned to learn how leaders are grappling with its history

    May 17, 2023 08:50 PM EDT

    ... of white men had attacked Tulsa’s thriving Black neighborhood known as Greenwood, burning it to the ground and killing hundreds of Black people. MORE: America at a Crossroads I’ve recently asked my cousins who did grow up in Tulsa about their own memories; they too say it wasn ...