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Shocking footage has shown dozens of conscription age men being detained by Ukranian border guards after attempting to flee the country. The footage, first posted by the X account Global Thinker citing Ukrainian journalist Vitaliy Glagola, showed 34 men being forced out of a truck on the Ukrainian-Romanian border as they tried to escape possible conscription. Glagola reported: A can of draft dodgers: a Mercedes carrying 34 draft dodgers was detained near the Ukrainian-Romanian border. Today, March 8, a green Mercedes Sprinter was moving 3 kilometers from the border near the Porubne checkpoint in the Chernivtsi region. In the middle...

Dolores Huerta was among 13 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award and coined Obama's "Yes, we can" campaign slogan. The award is America's highest civilian honor. Huerta co-founded the National Farmworkers Association in 1962 with Cesar Chavez, which later became the United Farm Workers of America. Huerta has served as a community activist and a political organizer. An honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, Huerta asked, in reference to the policies of dictator Hugo Chavez in 2006 "why can't we do that here in the United States?" Huerta speaks to high school students, saying that making...