• 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.

  • 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 ...

  • Americans divided on nation's history as 250th anniversary nears

    Americans divided on nation's history as 250th anniversary nears

    Mar 18, 2026 10:20 PM EDT

    Deep divisions over how Americans remember their past are coming into sharper focus as the nation approaches the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Judy Woodruff reports for her series, America at a Crossroads. ... Amna Nawaz: Well, deep divisions over how Americans remember their past are coming into sharper ...

  • As America turns 250, Joseph Ellis examines the founders' promise and their failures

    As America turns 250, Joseph Ellis examines the founders' promise and their failures

    Feb 25, 2026 11:30 PM EDT

    ... on what the founders built, who they left out and what in that 250-year history has been left unresolved. Judy Woodruff went to Vermont, a state whose motto is "Freedom and Unity," for her series, America at a Crossroads. ... Geoff Bennett: With the 250th birthday in sight, the Crossroads ...

  • Boston's role in America's founding and its struggle to meet its ideals

    Boston's role in America's founding and its struggle to meet its ideals

    Feb 11, 2026 11:20 PM EDT

    ... long ago history, as well as some more recent turmoil, to ask what it tells us about the country today. It's for her series America at a Crossroads. Nathaniel Philbrick, Author, "Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution": The British ships in the harbor around Charlestown are firing ...

  • George Washington’s vision for American identity tested 250 years later

    George Washington’s vision for American identity tested 250 years later

    Jan 28, 2026 11:30 PM EDT

    As the country observes the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, Judy Woodruff is starting a new chapter of America at a Crossroads. She’ll explore what it means to be an American, how that idea has evolved since the nation’s founding and where we might be headed ...

  • Why local communities may hold the answers to national political divisions

    Why local communities may hold the answers to national political divisions

    Dec 24, 2025 11:45 PM EDT

    For her series, America at a Crossroads, Judy Woodruff has been traveling the country and talking with grassroots groups that are working on solutions to our nation's deep divides. For her last piece of the year, she reports from New Hampshire on how some believe the answer to many ...

  • Reconnecting with people in the U.S. to see how political divisions are affecting them

    Reconnecting with people in the U.S. to see how political divisions are affecting them

    Dec 10, 2025 11:25 PM EDT

    During the past three years, Judy Woodruff has spoken with people across the country whose stories have helped us understand this moment in America. Now, she checks back in with some of them as part of her series, "America at a Crossroads." ... Amna Nawaz: Over the past three years, Judy ...