Waking up tired doesn’t mean something is wrong with you. It usually means your body is trying to communicate: “I’m not ...

It started as most digital transgressions do: a harmless joke meant to poke fun at an overarching societal behavior.

The Portland City Council rejected a woke lawmaker's plan that would have cut $4.3 million from the city's homeless-camp-removal program that aims to find housing for unsheltered people. An amendment ...

Democrats won governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, and democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani won the race to become the next mayor of New York. Democrats also swept judicial races in Pennsylvania, ...

A Wisconsin mother and conservative activist has won a free speech case after being sued for defamation over social media posts criticizing her school district’s "woke" priorities. Scarlett Johnson, a ...

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Emergencies in Wake County are about to look and sound different. Wake EMS announced Monday that ambulances will silence sirens and turn off emergency lights for the majority of 911 calls. Ambulances ...

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Crispin Sartwell retired as a philosophy professor in 2023. His most recent book is “Beauty: A Quick Immersion.” It didn’t take long for professors to point out that the right-wing wave of ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The term “woke” originated in Black culture as awareness about racism and injustice, with roots traced to Marcus ...

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