News & Ideas  -  Kettering Supports Judy Woodruff Presents: America at a Crossroads

Katherine Fanning Fellowship Press Release

The Kettering Foundation is a new supporter of Judy Woodruff Presents: America at a Crossroads. This investigative project will explore how America arrived at our current fractured political state and what solutions people envision. This series will consist of conversations with voters and local and national politicians across the country, as well as discussions with writers, historians, religious and community leaders, and policy experts.

Sharon L. Davies, president and CEO of the Kettering Foundation, stated, “The Charles F. Kettering Foundation is pleased to support Judy Woodruff Presents: America at a Crossroads. At a time when social divides continue to widen, this PBS NewsHour series examines the drivers of those fractures and ways to heal them. Woodruff’s focus on the threat that polarization poses to American democracy comes at a crucial moment for our nation and the world.” Over the course of 2023 and 2024, Judy Woodruff Presents: America at a Crossroads will be featured on PBS NewsHour. You can watch previous reports, which explore topics such as political violence and how politics has become intertwined with identity, here.