Walmart (WMT) was in the midst of controversy after it opted to follow a growing trend in corporate America. In December, the retail giant cut several initiatives focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Pushback against the concept of diversity, equity and inclusion has led several major companies dropping their efforts to embrace the progressive ideology that encourages a focus on race, gender and

Survey by the Williams Institute found nearly half of LGBTQ+ workers reported experiencing discrimination or harassment at some point in their careers.

A group of more than 30 shareholders representing $266 billion in funds has asked Walmart Inc. to explain its business case for retreating on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, describing the decision as “disheartening.

Last year, Walmart, Ford, Harley-Davidson and other ... as their reason for curtailing diversity policies. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation said the 2025 equality index nonetheless included ...

McDonald's announced earlier this week that the company would end some initiatives centered on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has sent a letter to Walmart, signed by 12 other state’s attorney generals, questioning the company’s pullback from its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.

McDonald’s is among the latest major companies to adjust its approach following the 2023 Supreme Court ruling and growing conservative opposition to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Last year,

A national rights group says more U.S. companies are providing strong benefits and protections to LGBTQ+ employees despite conservative activists pressuring high-profile brands to stop participating in the organization’s annual workplace report card.

It was late 2022 when hundreds of lawyers across America joined in a virtual Lord’s Prayer for Jeremy Tedesco and his mission to promote Christian values in corporate America.

Organizations including Walmart, Lowe’s and Meta, have announced they would scale back their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Several of America's largest companies have buckled to the pressures of political and shareholder activists by rolling back their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion. Why it matters: Calls for ending these corporate initiatives have become more fervent in the past year and are expected to intensify in President-elect Trump's second term.