As I write this, I am enjoying my morning coffee in a mug that proclaims “awake not woke.” A friend gave it to me, and I think it’s funny. “Woke” is certainly the word of the moment. But what does it ...

When the Trump administration this week put on hold grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, one of the reasons cited was to give White House staffers time to assess them for "woke gender ...

The word "woke" — originally used to describe awareness of discrimination — has been adopted by figures on the political right to discredit policies and politicians they consider too progressive, ...

During the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference, speaker after speaker attacked "woke" ideology in their speeches to conservative activists. Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley ...

'What does woke mean?' was one of the most-asked questions last year on Yahoo - and the term continues to be central to cultural conversations in 2022. More high-profile figures - from Piers Morgan to ...

Addressing the Liberal Party convention in Ottawa last week, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked some of the criticism his government has gotten lately from the Conservative opposition. "They either ...

It's a question I would like my Republican neighbors and friends to spend time with. What is woke? It is an adjective of African American vernacular meaning “aware of discrimination,” similar to the ...

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