Minneapolis’s Twin Cities Pride says it is “parting ways” with Target, one of its biggest sponsors, following the retailer’s announcement that it would roll back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

The national retail chain Target is scaling back socially progressive policies, including phasing out its diversity and inclusion policies

Critics are calling for shoppers to boycott Target over its DEI policy reversal – but black-owned brands are asking customers to keep shopping at Target stores.

Chief Community Impact and Equity Officer Kiera Fernandez cited “the importance of staying in step with the evolving external landscape.”

Even Target has turned on the Human Rights Campaign, withdrawing from the Corporate Equality Index after Trump's DEI orders.

In response, Twin Cities Pride ended its relationship with the Minneapolis-based retailer, forgoing $50,000 in funding in the process.

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,

Discount store chain Target says it’s joining rival Walmart and a number of other prominent American brands in scaling back corporate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives

Target on Friday said it’s rolling back ... stop reports to external diversity-focused groups like the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index and end a program focused on carrying ...

MN state Sen. Scott Dibble said, "Target has made itself clear" in prioritizing "President Trump's politics of cruelty, fear, and resentment."

Target will not have a presence at Twin Cities Pride, festival organizers said on social media the same day the corporation announced plans to scale back diversity initiatives. For years, Target has been a visible supporter of the Minneapolis festival and other Pride events around the country.

Civil rights activists have gathered outside Target's Minneapolis headquarters to call for a boycott of the retailing giant over its decision to phase out its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.