Hegseth orders navy academies to finish affirmative motion

Newly confirmed U.S. secretary of protection Pete Hegseth issued a memo Jan. 29 ordering the Division of Protection to eradicate variety, fairness and inclusion initiatives and workplaces—together with race-conscious admissions at navy academies. The memo establishes a process drive “charged with overseeing the division’s efforts to abolish DEI workplaces” and particularly prohibits “sex-based, race-based or ethnicity-based…