
Black Press to Target: Your Silence Is Loud—and Costly
By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Houston, Texas, USA – March 13, 2022: People walking into a Target store in Houston, USA. Target Corporation is an American big-box department store chain. Photo: courtesy of NNPA Even before Target publicly rolled back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, the Black Press of America had requested a meeting with CEO Brian Cornell. Those requests—from National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and NNPA Chairman Bobby Henry—have gone unanswered for nearly a year. Cornell has not spoken to either Chavis or Henry,