Greenpeace Activists Hang Banner on Mt. Rushmore

Activists with the environmental group Greenpeace scaled the Mount Rushmore National Monument Wednesday and hung a banner urging President Obama to take action on global warming. The banner was hung next to the carved mountain face of Abraham Lincoln. It read: America honors leaders not politicians: Stop Global Warming. The group of eleven Greenpeace activists were arrested and charged with trespassing. They each face up to six months in prison.

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Michael Pollan is one of the nations leading writers and thinkers in this country on the issue of food. He is author of several books about food, including The Botany of Desire, The Omnivores Dilemma and his latest, In Defense of Food: An Eaters Manifesto. In light of what he calls the processed food industrys co-option of sustainability and its vast spending on marketing, Pollan advises to be wary of any food that is advertised.

Democracy Now Headlines 4/16/09

* Report: Recent NSA Spying Exceeded Guidelines * Obama Backtracks on Full Release of Torture Memos * Spanish Prosecutors Recommend Dropping Torture Probe Against Bush Admin Lawyers * Armitage: I Should Have Resigned over Torture * Interpreter: FBI Interrogators Beat Kenya Bombing Suspect * Obama Admin Appoints Mexico Border Czar * US Army Sergeant Convicted of Iraqi Prisoner Killings * Afghan Women Protest Rape Law * Venezuela to Seek Posada Extradition * Jurors Criticize Deportation Proceedings Against Egyptian Student * Report: US Hate Groups Up 34% Since 2000 * Potential Foreclosures Rise 24%

* Report: Under CIA Pressure, Obama to Withhold Parts of Torture Memos * Gitmo Prisoner: Torture Has Worsened Under Obama * Survey: More Pay Rises than Cuts for US CEOs * DHS Links Right-Wing Extremism to Recession * Iran Begins Secret Trial for Jailed Iranian American Journalist * Haiti Appeals for International Aid * Bolivian Lawmakers Approve Electoral Reform * Germany Bans Monsanto Crop * Study: Worst of Global Warming Can Be Avoided * Tax Resisters to Hold Day of Protest