The job qualifications for Hegseth’s military? Straight. White. Male.
A Mother Jones special Veterans Day episode of the More To The Story podcast has host Al Letson talking with former Marine Kyle Bibby about what life is like for Black troops and how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has widened racial inequities, from ousting female and Black officers to targeting transgender service members. Bibby, co-founder of the Black Veterans Project, says Black service members see a permanent hierarchy with straight white men at the top, and the episode notes House Republicans blocked a lone Republican-led effort to impeach Hegseth over charges including waging war on Iran without congressional authorization.
