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Together, We Make Change Happen

“We should not fear the future, but shape it.”

When President Obama took office, we were facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Seven years later, our businesses have created 14.1 million new jobs over the past 70 months. We’ve rebuilt our manufacturing base, reformed our health care system, and reinvented our energy sector. We’ve welcomed home more than 160,000 troops.

We are living through an extraordinary moment in human history. Technological and social change is reshaping the way we live, the way we work, our environment, and our place in the world. But as Americans, we’ve been through big changes before and, like generations past, we can make change work for us. In his speech, President Obama laid out his plan to seize opportunities before us.  In looking forward, there are four big questions that we as a country have to answer.

President Obama's final State of the Union Address

Cancer Touches Each of Us

The number of new cancer cases will rise to 22 million within the next 2 decades.

What We've Accomplished Together

Together, we've increased jobs, taken state-by-state and city-by-city actions to raise the minimum wage and invest in education, fought for working families, and made our tax system fairer. View our economic record so far to get inspired on what's to come.

What We've Accomplished Together

In the last seven years, we have done more to protect our country's iconic natural resources, combat climate change, and invest in a clean energy future than ever before — all while creating millions of new jobs. 

What We've Accomplished Together

In the past few years, we've made progress in making our foreign policy better match our American values, while doing everything in our power to ensure our homeland remains safe. View our foreign policy record so far.

What We've Accomplished Together

17 million more Americans with insurance. Healthcare cost growth near historic lows. Still no death panels. Brush up on the health care record so far.

What We've Accomplished Together

From Independence Hall to the fields of Gettysburg, from Selma to Stonewall, each generation of Americans has fought to make our union more perfect. Over the last seven years, we too have taken historic steps to live up to America’s highest ideals.

President Obama's State of the Union addresses have bookmarked pivotal moments in the story of our nation: from expanding universal, affordable health care to securing the the most ambitious global agreement ever to combat climate change. Check out each speech — now complete with videos, graphics, and stories from the staffers behind the policies.