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 ...

The term "woke" appears to be immune to all definition, at least by conservative commentators. Fox News' Dana Perino, a co-host of round-table talk show "The Five", stumbled through her own attempt to ...

Dear Dr. E: One of the things we hear a lot about today is “wokeness” or going “woke.” It seems like it is everywhere. We hear about it in politics and our schools. We hear about it in our corporation ...

Merriam-Webster defines "woke" as, "aware of and actively attentive to important facts and issues (especially issues of racial and social justice)." In slang "woke" is often referred to as "I was ...

The first two weeks of 2025 have been ROUGH — we've already experienced bombings, Donald Trump not going to jail, and Los Angeles being on fire — but watching a MAGA supporter look foolish when trying ...

SEATTLE — How did the word “woke” go from a social justice term to a pejorative insult favored by some high-profile politicians? Race and equity experts say the word has become so misused, it’s time ...

A recent commentary in the Daily News admonished Christians for allowing their churches to go “woke.” Predictably, this was followed by letters to the editor alternately defending the concept of woke ...

Everyone needs a good laugh now and then, and yesterday, Chaya Raichik — who runs the far-right anti-LGBTQ+ social media accounts Libs of TikTok — provided that catharsis to a group of students who ...

Few Americans use terminology that is commonly deemed as “woke,” according to a new survey. In the YouGov survey, under a quarter of Americans polled said they “regularly use” words and phrases such ...

If Jerry Jones voluntarily bringing up the term 'woke' makes you instantly recoil, that's probably the right reaction. But you'll be relieved to learn he apparently doesn't know what the original or ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...