Target’s rollback on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is raising questions about the retail giant’s philanthropic commitment to fighting racial disparities and promoting progressive values in liberal Minneapolis,

This year’s top 50 ranking of the World’s Most Admired Companies from Fortune magazine omits some big brands that were included on previous lists. The sole Minnesota company left? Target Corp.

Target is not welcome at the Twin Cities Pride Festival this year despite being a longtime sponsor, organizers say, because the company recently ended some of its DEI programs.

Target is the latest US company to retreat from policies designed to enhance racial and ethnic representation in the workplace.

Target said that it was ending its diversity, equity and inclusion goals as it tries to align itself with an “evolving external landscape.”

Target is ending its DEI program this year, the latest corporation to step away from such policies in the face of scrutiny from conservative groups.

Target gave local filmmaker Leonard Searcy a $35,000 grant in October. Searcy was set to meet with the Minneapolis-based retail giant again Thursday to talk about another grant. The company postponed the meeting indefinitely,

The group’s decision is a response to the retailer’s plans to roll back diversity and inclusion initiatives, Executive Director Andi Otto said Sunday.

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Target has announced it is rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, becoming the latest corporation to do so following President Trump’s election. In a memo sent to

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