Obama's State of the Union speech called for jobs, health care reform, and fighting the influence of corporations on our government processes, but after the past year, many progressives are skeptical that he'll actually fight. He did include a sharp critique in his speech of the decision of the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a decision that Steve Cobble called an "intellectually dishonest power grab."

In England, a committee is doing the kind of in-depth look at the runup to the Iraq war that we can only dream about here in the U.S. The Chilcot Inquiry is looking at the period from the summer of 2001 to the end of July 2009, the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, the war itself, and the ongoing issues.

"You can't be neutral on a moving train," Howard Zinn famously said. He didn't believe in staying closeted in the academy, though he was a brilliant historian whose book, A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present changed the way many people view history. Recently, a documentary based on his work, The People Speak, brought to life the many Americans whose lives and activism would otherwise have been forgotten.

Iceland's economy suffered one of the worst hits in our most recent global financial crisis, and the country is still struggling. In Dreamland, filmmakers Þorfinnur Guðnason and Andri Snær Magnason ask the question: "What do you own when you have sold everything?" They trace the way even "clean" energy brings in industry and foreign capital--and compromises.

In his State of the Union, President Obama scored some laughs early on with his comment that the bank bailout was “about as popular as a root canal.”

Obama's State of the Union speech called for jobs, health care reform, and fighting the influence of corporations on our government processes, but after the past year, many progressives are skeptical that he'll actually fight. He did include a sharp critique in his speech of the decision of the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a decision that Steve Cobble called an "intellectually dishonest power grab."

We talk about Obama's choices for the economy and the path we hope he'll take now with Kai Wright of The Nation and The Root, Jeff Madrick, author of The Case for Big Government, and Lynn Parramore of the New Deal 2.0.

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders has been an outspoken leader in the Senate on everything from the fight for single-payer health care reform to blocking Fed chair Ben Bernanke's reappointment. The Vermont legislator has won election and reelection by continually communicating with and fighting for the people, and he offers his advice to progressives and to President Obama in this exclusive interview with GRITtv.

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We've been proud to feature content from the Ciné Institute over the last couple of weeks from Jacmel, Haiti--you've seen their incredible work in many clips. Here, some of the students who shot that footage tell their personal stories from the earthquake.