The word "woke" is tossed around a lot in political and social debates all around the country. It's ramping up as Election Day draws near. The term carries different meanings and strong emotional ...

The fact is that conservatives don’t like the concept of “woke” these days. Mr DeSantis did not attend the Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington last week. But plenty of ...

Someday when the cultural moment that many have called “The Great Awokening” is finally, mercifully, over, Americans of all races should fight to give African Americans their word back. Less than 10 ...

The word “woke” has become polarizing. Project 2025, the mandate for conservative leadership, mentioned it thirty-five times, ...

Woke - it's just four letters, but it has had a big impact on Republican politics ahead of the 2024 election. It's hard to avoid criticism of, quote, "wokeness" and "wokeism" among GOP presidential ...

U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., introduced a resolution this week in the U.S. House of Representatives in an attempt to educate Republicans on the true meaning of “woke” and its connection to Black ...

Jane Fonda delivered an electrifying speech Sunday at the 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards that appeared squarely aimed at ...

During the last political cycle, many politicians started to use the term “woke.” What does “woke” mean? According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, woke means “aware of and actively attentive to ...

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