Pride parades and festivals are coping with a broad pullback in corporate sponsorship dollars amid shrunken DEI budgets and political pressure.

The pledges corporations made in 2020 to do more to support Black communities included a flood of pledges to and new investments in Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Despite boycott threats from conservatives, Costco reported that net sales for April were up 7% from last year.

The president’s executive orders calling for an end to DEI across the federal government is set to change the way tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts are awarded.

Analysts say the firm’s decision to stick with DEI commitments could influence different consumers in different ways.

The civil rights organization has stopped short of calling for a boycott but wants consumers to be intentional in their buying.

Under the Trump administration, more companies have been rolling back their DEI policies, but there are some holdouts, including Costco.

Opponents of the proposed DEI rule said it amounted to a public shaming of companies. They also faulted the SEC’s approval of the measure.

The Equal Access program works to remove barriers for marginalized performers and businesspeople in country music.

“Very often, the workplace is the only place we might run into people with very different beliefs than us,” noted Alison Taylor, executive director of the think tank Ethical Systems.