How the Military is Tackling Sexual Assault and Extremism, and Reviewing the Latest Supreme Court Decisions

Farai Chideya talks with Our Body Politic legal analyst Tiffany Jeffers and Slate’s health and race reporter Julia Craven on a Sippin’ the Political Tea roundtable focused on new Supreme Court rulings. Retired Major General Linda Singh of the Maryland National Guard shares her experience handling sexual assault cases in the military, and why she wants to hold the institution’s leaders accountable. Military Times bureau chief Meghann Myers explains why the military is having trouble tackling another pressing issue: extremism within its ranks. And Farai talks with fellow journalist Geraldine Moriba about what constitutes extremism, and how it manifests in the false “Lost Cause” narrative about the Confederacy.EPISODE RUNDOWN00:49 On Sippin’ the Political Tea, legal analyst Tiffany Jeffers and journalist Julia Craven discuss the latest SCOTUS decisions18:40 Retired Major General Linda Singh on holding military leaders accountable for addressing sexual assault30:46 Military Times reporter Meghann Myers on the military’s efforts to tackle extremism within its ranks39:37 Journalist Geraldine Moriba on confronting false narratives about the Confederacy and Confederate monuments

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