On Tuesday, President Barack Obama said that an economy is judged by the reach of its prosperity. But what will it take to expand that reach--little steps or big?  We'll talk with political scientists David Korten, Benjamin Barber and Elizabeth Reynoso. 

Then, GRITtv meets up with documentary filmmaker and producer Yoruba Richen and her mother, professor, playwright, and civil rights activist Aishah Rahman. They traveled to Washington DC for President Barack Obama's inauguration, and we spoke with them on Martin Luther King Day at the Lincoln Memorial. 

Closing out the program, we speak with Middle East analyst Phyllis Bennis and get her take on Obama's first phone call to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Given Abbas' waning poll numbers, the recent, yet tenuous, ceasefire in Gaza, and the Israeli troop withdrawal, Bennis assesses the situation going forward.

Thanks to Elizabeth Press for video in this show.