The video camera maker GoPro has its IPO Thursday, and it’s the largest IPO by a consumer electronics firm in decades. GoPro is popular among the skateboarder and snowboarder set, but what are its growth opportunities? We look at whether it has the promise to be a content provider, and how its cameras might fit in to the Internet of Things. Plus, a new report on housing highlights the problems that Millennials face in getting into the housing market, and why it’s important to the economy that they do get in. Also, billions around the globe are riveted to the action in Brazil. And here in the U.S, professional soccer is gaining in popularity. Nowhere is that more evident than in Sacramento, California, where a brand new team has rocketed out of the gate. Then after, we talk to Univision Anchor Enrique Acevedo about a new report released by Columbia University that highlights the underrepresentation of Latinos in the U.S. media.

Monsanto reports earnings the day after yet another report on the economic impact of global warming. Agriculture will be affected, though the disruption in the U.S. may be a matter of moving around which crops are grown where. Plus, the Google developer conference opens Wednesday in San Francisco, and the company is trying to boost gender and racial diversity by offering scholarships to the event. We take stock of this and other broader initiatives designed to make the coding world more diverse. Also, is the tech industry relocating? First, there was Silicon Valley. Then the tech industry surged up into San Francisco. Now it has hopped across the bay into Oakland. But the start-up scene there is distinguishing itself with a new brand. Diversity. And after, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is the “world’s busiest” when it comes to passengers. But it doesn’t crack the “top 30” in terms of cargo, a list that includes Louisville, Anchorage and Indianapolis.

There’s a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the AT&T/DirecTV merger tomorrow. Executives from AT&T and DirecTV will argue why their proposed $48.5 billion deal should pass antitrust muster. We report on why they’ll be opposed and what arguments they’ll make. Also, DC’s city council will vote on a budget proposal today that includes a controversial “yoga tax.” In fact, the package of tax reforms would expand sales taxes to health clubs, yoga studios, car washes, and bowling alleys. In other words: more of the service sector, which is an expanding part of our economy. D.C. yogis are up in arms (as much as yogis can be), but others are making the argument that cities should tax more of the service sector, rather than just folks who sell goods, because that’s where our economy is heading. And after, guess what. Not even the Great Recession could create a bump in homelessness, according to a recent report. Some advocates credit a strategy called “housing first,” which keeps the hardest-to-serve, chronic homeless off the streets and supports them with services. We investigate.

70 years ago the GI Bill created the GED, which allowed returning soldiers to get their high school diplomas without having to go back to a high school classroom. We look at the changing profiles of GED recipients, and investigate into how the value of the GED has changed so drastically since then. Also, as the World Cup enters into another week, we highlight some of the new technology making its debut on the field in Brazil. And after we talk to Zach Greenberg, the author of a new book about Michael Jackson’s strengths as a businessman and how he revolutionized the way that musicians are able to monetize their fame.

The Brookings Institution is out with a new report today on foreign-owned businesses in the U.S. We take a look at this snapshot of foreign direct investment – what sort of jobs it represents, and where. Plus, Detroit is getting ready to take a major step toward a new hybrid pension plan aimed at getting the city through bankruptcy. Plenty are watching, including the California state pension system Calpers, which is worried about the precedent Detroit’s changes might set. Also, an unusual program in New York has the unlikely combination of students from tough backgrounds and the watches that wrap the wrists of billionaires and celebrities. Marketplace’s Mark Garrison reports from New York in an attempt to save a threatened profession and better the lives of some at-risk young people. Then, there’s a new trend taking hold in corporate governance circles…It’s called a “benefit corporation.” This new class of company lets firms declare that some higher social purpose is as important as profits. The idea has only been around for a few years but a growing number of states now offer it. We investigate.

Among the cases remaining on the list of decisions coming from the Supreme Court this month is a challenge by broadcasters to Aereo, which makes broadcast TV available to stream on computers and mobile devices. We set up what’s at stake in the decision. Also, the US spends about $5000 per person on containing violence in the country – so says the Global Peace Index, a report on global levels of violence. It finds that the global cost of dealing with violence is almost $10 trillion dollars – so we look at the cost of violence and its impact and implications for the economies. Later, we talk to Chris Farrell about his thoughts about immigration and refugees. Farrell argues that immigration is controversial, but the American experience is that welcoming refugees from Syria, Iraq, and other tragic places in the world could be a win-win investment. He says it’s a foreign policy approach that allows for doing good and doing well at a difficult moment in the global political economy. And after, emails come with all kinds of attachments – this week, a Harvard professor unveiled one with a smell attached. We take a closer look at the technology that makes it possible.

A report identifies colleges where most students drop out, and many of those have so much debt they’re unable to repay it. For-profit colleges are prominent, but there are “regular” colleges too. Then, we talk to Fortune Magazine’s Allan Sloan about tobacco bonds and how they are impacting the tax payers of New Jersey. After, we talk to CEO and Founder of the Grommet, Jules Pieri, about the inaugural Maker Faire that President Obama is hosting at the White House tomorrow to encourage people to support the maker movement.

Coal now has the largest share of global energy market since 1970 as the cheap fuel continues to be used in developing countries. Even countries like Germany burn more coal because it’s shut down its nukes. We investigate. Plus, the National Council on Teacher Quality has a report out tomorrow which is critical of teacher training programs at higher education institutions. It wants stricter criteria for those entering the programs, and for those programs themselves to be beefed up. But what do schools make of the criticisms? Also, though it’s far too early to know the cost of any further U.S. military action in Iraq, we explain how the economics behind intervention work. We also take a look at what’s a part of the standard military operating budget and what costs extra. Then, reporter Nicholas Wood is at the forefront of a new trend in travel called reality travel. Wood has started a company that allows travelers to visit countries that have made headlines because of political turmoil. The tourists learn the history of the region as part of the 9-day tour and are able to interact with politicians and other experts during their journey. 

More on the news that Russia is threatening to cut off natural gas supplies to Ukraine. Plus, sales of Airbus long-haul planes have been grounded lately — Emirates just canceled a big order of A350s, and Airbus’ flagship A380 hasn’t had a new order in two years. What does all of this mean for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, and soon the 777X? Also, for more than 30 years, the biomedical industry has been using horseshoe crabs to make a critical medical product. Now there’s a fight in the industry: use a synthetic alternative or a new technology that uses far less crabs?