Jamal Bryant, a prominent Georgia-based minister, is criticizing four Black denominations that he claims have together accepted a $300,000 donation from Target at a time when many are boycotting the company for scaling back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)…
How the anti-DEI mandate will devastate many nonprofits
The Trump administration’s campaign against DEI is having an unseen and underreported effect on the nation’s nonprofits: Some of the largest corporations are reducing or eliminating support out of fear of being too compassionate toward minorities. This news is so…
Boycotts accompany prayer as faith leaders prepare for a Lent of protest
Addressing the congregation at his New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, Georgia, on Sunday (Feb. 23), the Rev. Jamal Bryant was trying to recruit the thousands listening in the Atlanta-area church and online to join him in his plan…
A Declaration of Economic Independence
DEI, originally coined as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, has a new meaning for Black Americans in the second age of Trump called the Declaration of Economic Independence. In 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, corporate America temporarily pledged billions…
It’s ‘Boycotts R Us’ for American Family Association
“Celebrate Pride month,” proclaimed the merchandising at Target stores nationwide. But the retailer wasn’t celebrating when consumer backlash and boycotts led to a 5.4% drop in second quarter sales and forced the retailer to change course. Bud Light, the nation’s…
Tabitha Brown believes she’s landed just where God made her to be
Stop into any Target store across America and the name Tabitha Brown may stand out to you. Brown is known to many of her fans and admirers as a health and cooking expert, a motivational speaker, an actress and comedian,…
2023 was the year the evangelical obsession with Pride month turned violent
I toted my brood of children through Target, as Kevin DeYoung suggested, when suddenly I noticed the display of Pride T-shirts. At first, I thought it was nice that my LGBTQ neighbors would receive kind messages like “Free Mom Hugs” and “You…
The right’s zero-tolerance policy on Pride
In case you have any remaining doubt that the Religious Right wants to obliterate all appearance of LGBTQ people — to make them invisible once again — consider the dustup over a single photograph showing a small Pride flag atop…
Here’s another angle to corporate DEI work: Increased support for ‘faith friendly’ workplaces
U.S. Fortune 500 companies ranked as the most “faith friendly” in a newly released survey share practices such as providing chaplains and spiritual care in the workplace, openly addressing religion in company diversity training and matching worker contributions to religious…
Franklin Graham calls for boycott of Target after bathroom incident
Evangelist Franklin Graham is calling for a boycott of Target, blaming a recent incident in one of its stores on the retailer’s two-year-old policy allowing transgender shoppers and workers to use the restroom of their choice rather than the one…