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• AP — Economic blackout: Will a 24-hour boycott make a difference?
• Lincoln County Leader — Letter: “Buy Nothing Day’ on Friday
NATIONAL — A variety of organizations are planning for a national “No Buy Day“ to protest what they believe is corporate greed, along with efforts by corporations to scale back their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts (DEI), which they say is led by the Trump administration.
CBS News has reported the economic boycott has been spreading on social media (see link below).
In Arizona, the Arizona Republic reported the following “companies have rolled back DEI in the past year:”
- Amazon
- Boeing
- Brown-Forman, the parent company of Jack Daniels
- Ford Motor Company
- Harley-Davidson
- John Deere
- Lowe’s
- McDonald’s
- Meta
- Molson Coors
- Nissan
- Target
- Toyota
- TractorSupplyCo.
- Walmart
Please see related stories:
- Axios — What to know about the Feb. 28 “economic blackout”
- CBS News — Talk of a “Feb 28 Economic Blackout” is spreading on social media. What is it?
- The Columbus Dispatch — National economic blackout day this week comes before 40-day Target boycott. What to know
- Forbes — People’s Union USA Calls For National Boycott In A ‘Feb 28 Economic Blackout’
- USA Today — Consumers are planning a one-day economic blackout on Feb. 28. Here’s what to know
- Yahoo — ‘No Amazon, no Walmart, no fast food’: What’s behind the ‘Feb. 28 economic blackout’
