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 ...

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 ...

President Trump declared that the United States "will be woke no longer" during his speech before the joint session of Congress. Woke or wokeness was a target of the president's campaign during the ...

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 ...

What does “woke” mean in the context of use by conservative Republicans such as Ron DeSantis? Does it mean anyone or any idea that you don’t agree with? And what is wrong with DEI (Diversity, Equity, ...

Harris made this remark during Recode's Code Conference on May 31, 2017. In August 2024, users on X shared the brief quote in a roughly 13-second video clip. However, as we've documented below with an ...

In Tuesday’s joint address of Congress, President Donald Trump said there was one bogeyman he wanted America to stand against: Being “woke.” “We’ve ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and ...

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