Caving In To Conservative Pressure, Walmart Ditches DEI Initiatives

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Caving In To Conservative Pressure, Walmart Ditches DEI Initiatives

Despite being the nation’s largest private employer, the retail giant said it would not renew the racial equity center it created following the murder of George Floyd in 2020.

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