“Woke” is now best known as a negative political buzzword used to describe anything deemed too liberal or progressive—like brands that support Pride Month, The Little Mermaid live-action film and ...

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 ...

If you've attended a social justice protest or watched an episode of "Dear White People," you have likely heard the word "woke." But the term wasn't being used to refer to sleep. It was being used to ...

I’ve got some bad news for the hordes who flood the comment section whenever the word “woke” appears (as it does here, and here, and yup, here too.) “Woke” is now an official part of the world’s most ...

Easily, or perhaps coherently, defining this four-letter word — which feels even shorter when stripped of vital context — stumped a political commentator this week. Bethany Mandel had even co-written ...

What does “woke” mean to you? From its 1923 origins in the Black community to today’s co-optation for various political agendas, the definition of the word has evolved and come to mean different ...

“In that song, ‘Master Teacher,’ the chorus is: ‘I stay woke,’ ” Erykah Badu, speaking on MSNBC last week. This is one of those times that I want to stand on a table and scream that we’re all focused ...

National Review columnist Caroline Downey warned on CNN, Thursday, that the word “woke” is “losing its meaning” due to conservatives “abusing the term” to refer to anything they don’t like. Reacting ...