Protesters are urging Target to denounce ICE as demonstrations spread across Minnesota, citing federal raids, corporate silence, and growing community harm tied to immigration enforcement.
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Target’s DE&I pullback leaves Black local suppliers in limbo
Target’s billion-dollar DEI and supplier diversity push helped some Twin Cities Black entrepreneurs secure national shelf space, jobs and new revenue streams. With the retailer now pulling back from those equity commitments, Black-owned businesses and community partners are feeling the ripple effects in hiring, contracts and long-term wealth building, and are left questioning how durable corporate promises to Black communities really are.
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Target Boycott Leaders Call for Continued Pressure After CEO Ouster
Civil rights leaders call for continued pressure on Target after CEO Brian Cornell’s ouster, citing DEI rollbacks, financial fallout, and betrayal of Black communities.
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Congressional Black Caucus Challenges Target on Diversity
Target is grappling with worsening financial and reputational fallout as the national selective buying and public education program launched by the Black Press of America and other national and local leaders continue to erode the retailer’s sales and foot traffic.
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Target boycott — amplified or hijacked?
A coalition of grassroots organizers, led by Nekima Levy Armstrong, organized a boycott of Target over its rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, but the campaign was disrupted by the arrival of Atlanta-based pastor Jamal Bryant, who launched a separate boycott and website without proper coordination or respect.
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Black Press and Church join forces with Target boycott to fight DEI decline
Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, is leading a 40-day boycott of Target stores in response to the company’s decision to scale back its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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DEI controversy stirs up racist hate mail
Civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong was sent a vile and racially offensive email by a white woman in Minneapolis who was upset about the Target boycott and Armstrong’s advocacy for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, leading to the woman being removed from a health care advisory council.
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Black Shoppers Plan to Take a ‘Target Fast’ for Lent
Rev. Jamal Bryant is leading a “Target Fast” boycott of Target stores for the season of Lent, urging Black shoppers to give up shopping at Target as a form of protest against the company’s reversal of its DEI policies.
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National Blackout Day: A Show of Black Economic Power
Black communities will participate in National Blackout Day on February 28, 2025, to protest corporations that have abandoned their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion, by boycotting and taking their purchasing power elsewhere.
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Corporate America Abandons DEI, But Black-Owned Brands Are the Future
Black-owned brands are thriving while corporate America’s commitment to DEI is unraveling, leading to a call for economic fasts and boycotts to hold corporations accountable.
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Minneapolis’ Step Up Program accepting applications
The City of Minneapolis’ Step Up summer internship program is now accepting applications for 2025, offering opportunities for Black youth to gain internship experience and explore career possibilities.
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The Minnesota Paradox
Minnesota’s “Minnesota Paradox” highlights the stark racial disparities that persist, particularly affecting the Black community, due to systemic issues and inadequate data collection.
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NAZ takes a collaborative approach to poverty reduction
NAZ, a nonprofit organization in Minneapolis, has successfully replicated the Harlem Children’s Zone model to combat violence and improve education for underserved Black youth.
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Has Black Friday lost its luster?
According to a survey conducted in October, nearly 70% of consumers plan to skip Black Friday and holiday shopping altogether this year.
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Opinion:Target’s role in criminalizing Black youth
A program in Minneapolis that was co-created by Target called the Downtown 100 Initiative (DT100) is perhaps the city’s primary feeder program from the streets into the criminal justice system.
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MSR interviews Target CEO Brian Cornell
Target CEO Brian Cornell talks to the MSR about the company’s push for diversity and inclusion.
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Neighborhood influence seen in Lake/Hiawatha Target rebuild
Target reopened and reconstructed its store located on Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenues in South Minneapolis last November after sustaining immense damage during the unrest last May.
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Black delivery man detained by White HOA president; Walmart ends ‘hero pay’; Howard Stern blasts Trump supporters (updated)
A roundup of news stories that may have missed your radar.
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Controversy over Black-owned company ad exposes White entitlement
As difficult as it may be for some to believe, in 2020 there are still White people who believe the very mention of anything “Black” is somehow racist. This is partly how the pretense of a colorblind society is maintained, by pretending that we are all just one happy family and that everything that one […]
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Black woman-owned company Honey Pot soars after backlash from Target ad
Honey Pot, a Black woman-owned company showcased in a Target commercial has come under fire.