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Comparing current divisions to the past and to overcome them

Many Americans feel we’re living through an extraordinarily divided time. But historian Heather Cox Richardson says there’s precedent for our conflicts today and for the hope that we can overcome them. Judy Woodruff recently sat down with Richardson for her series, America at a Crossroads.

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