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When the Trump administration began to target diversity programs and policies, many corporations caved sparking a response by Black faith leaders, who urged shoppers to keep their money from those retailers. |
After more than a year of protests, which saw Target's stock price drop, Atlanta-based Pastor Jamal Bryant announced it was coming to an end, saying the boycott made significant progress. |
That strikes many observers as odd given how the retailer didn't make any concessions or reverse its decision to ditch DEI , which even the materials shared by Bryant's organization confirmed. Other grassroots leaders who first declared a national boycott distanced themselves from his announcement. |
"How can you call off a boycott focused on diversity, equity and inclusion and have no results to show for it? That is a slap in the face for the people," said Nekima Levy Armstrong, founder of the Racial Justice Network. | A sign hangs outside of a Target store on February 10, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson, Getty Images |
For more on DEI and the Target boycott, check out USA TODAY's coverage: |
These are the companies that rolled back DEI amid Trump backlash: Here are some of the companies that made changes. |
Trump wants White men to sue for race discrimination. This man did: David Duvall had been a senior vice president at Novant Health for five years in July 2018 when the multibillion-dollar health system fired him and promoted his deputies − a White woman and a Black woman − to take over his duties. |
Target faced two DEI boycotts. One ended. The other hasn't: Here's why |
Tennessee bill aimed at treat abortion as homicide fails |
Back in February two Tennessee Republican legislators floated a proposal that would charge a woman with homicide if she chose to terminate her pregnancy. |
Tennessee already has some of the strictest laws against abortion in the nation, including up to a 15-year prison sentence for physicians who perform the procedure. |
The measure classified harm done to an unborn child as equal to assault on a person "born alive" but critics pointed out how this change would expose those women to charges that carry life in prison or even death sentences. It failed unceremoniously on March 10 after no one made a motion to hear it in a subcommittee meeting. |
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