• 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 EST

    ... 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 ...

  • A look at the history of racism in America and its role in today's divisions

    A look at the history of racism in America and its role in today's divisions

    May 03, 2023 10:35 PM EST

    ... being created. Judy Woodruff examines how that founding contradiction has evolved and what it means for our challenges today. It's part of her series, America at a Crossroads. ... Amna Nawaz:  The fact that our country is divided isn't new. And, in many respects, it can be traced back ...

  • Home-grown extremism and lessons learned 28 years after Oklahoma City bombing

    Home-grown extremism and lessons learned 28 years after Oklahoma City bombing

    Apr 19, 2023 10:35 PM EST

    ... extremism are still felt today. It's part of her series America at a Crossroads about the country's deep divisions. Judy Woodruff: This morning, a solemn scene, as family and friends of victims and survivors alongside citizens and public officials gathered at First Church in Oklahoma City to once ...

  • WATCH: An Oklahoma City bombing survivor on why he’s worried about extremism today

    WATCH: An Oklahoma City bombing survivor on why he’s worried about extremism today

    Apr 19, 2023 08:23 PM EST

    ... children. Purifoy didn’t have a good understanding of hate before that day. “I was naive and innocent like most people were, I think. And a lot of people still are,” he said. In an “America at a Crossroads” report airing Wednesday, Woodruff will explore what motivated the attack 28 ...

  • How Wisconsin's sharp political divides shaped state Supreme Court election

    How Wisconsin's sharp political divides shaped state Supreme Court election

    Apr 03, 2023 10:40 PM EST

    ... see how the state's sharp political divides are shaping what could be the most important election of 2023. It's part of her series America at a Crossroads. Judy Woodruff: After a long winter, small signs of spring in the Upper Midwest, but, as Wisconsin thaws, the bitter winds ...