Chronicle of Philanthropy

PBS senior correspondent Judy Woodruff has spent two years reporting on how America has come to be so divided — and what it will take to bring us back together. In an exclusive interview with Stacy Palmer, CEO of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the veteran journalist talked about the origins of polarization and what she’s learned from conversations with Americans in more than two dozen states.

“The sources of our division are deep, and they are complicated, and they go way back,” said Woodruff, whose “America at a Crossroads” series of reports is entering its third year. “They have to do with where people grew up, their world outlook, their life outlook. They have to do with economic circumstances. They have to do with race, they have to do with educational background. They have to do with just about everything in our lives.”