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GRITtv: Generation Obama: Where Are They Now?

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After years and years of listening to pundits bemoan the lack of engagement among America's youth, the kids finally came out for Barack Obama. Many of the volunteers and organizers that put Obama in the White House were young and working on a political campaign for the first time. From the Iowa caucuses to Nov. 4, a new generation worked day and night to change their country. A year later, we round up a few of them and ask whether they're still involved.

GRITtv: The F Word: CEOs Behind Bars: Can it Happen Here?

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Bernie Madoff has come and gone, but the architects of Wall Street's financial crimes are mostly alive and well, and above the law it seems. A year on, the question still lingers: why aren't more of those who lied -- about their assets, their intentions and their cash -- in jail? The idea that American capitalism is somehow tame or governed by the rule of law is a myth.

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