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Walmart rethinks DEI

Walmart rethinks DEI

Update: 2024-11-27
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Walmart is the latest company to rollback its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, following legal challenges from conservative activists. Those lawsuits allege that these kinds of programs are themselves discriminatory. The nation’s largest retailer joins a growing list of companies that just a few years ago were showing off their efforts to address racial disparities. Then, we’ll look into the impact of tariffs on consumer spending and the opening of Greenland’s new international airport.

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