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PBS News Hour

Robert Putnam on how U.S. became polarized and how to fix it

Season 2025 Episode 50 | 9m 36s

For over two years, Judy Woodruff has traveled the country exploring the roots of America’s divisions over race, religion, culture, wealth and more for America at a Crossroads. The series returns with political scientist Robert Putnam, who has spent decades studying these divides and how we might find our way back to a more unified nation.

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