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An initiative in California for marijuana legalization is slowly moving toward an appearance on the November ballot, and several other states have taken steps to legalize the drug for medical purposes, or to decriminalize possession, reducing it to a misdemeanor charge. Since the start of the economic crisis, many -- including the venerable Economist magazine -- have called for legalization and taxing in order to boost revenues. Could marijuana save the economy?

Yesterday, Laura called our attention to the strange tale of the attempt at bugging Senator Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office, noting the stories uncovered by indie reporters connecting the dots between the ACORN sting, the break-in, and funding flowing into universities from the nation's intelligence agencies--as well as right-wing organizations.

We check in with actor/activist Danny Glover and Marie St. Cyr on the situation in Haiti; We ask Raj Patel, Katrina vanden Heuvel and Daniel Gross if we need to radically rethink our economic structure; a League of Conservation Voters video looks at how oil companies fight climate legislation; Ann Wright on her experience with the Gaza march, and a film from the Visual Resistance Artist Collective

John Perkins and Russ Baker talk about shady global conspiracies, corporate overlords, and the military-industrial complex, and what we can do about it. In the new film "Collapse," filmmaker Chris Smith follows Michael Ruppert, a former Los Angeles police officer who predicted the economic crisis. But his theories often range into the apocalyptic. Is he a genius, or just paranoid? A video from New America Media takes a look at the struggles of veterans to readjust to civilian life, and asks what more we could be doing to truly honor them.