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Americans don't understand what the word "woke" means, but my book "The Woketopus" lays out a clear definition and shows why it's dangerous.
Despite its frequent use among politicians, the word 'woke' is infrequently defined, leaving most of us to our own definitions.
President Trump’s recent proclamation that America is “woke no longer” shows his administration’s intent to move away from policies and ideologies associated with progressive social movements.
Disney "woke" accusations from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis challenge a 100-year narrative that defines being woke as being aware of racial injustice.
One word has become unavoidable on the campaign trail — woke. But what does it really mean and where does it come from? The word has a long and serious history in Black culture.
Aside from being the past participle of wake, for decades, it meant conscious and aware – but the slang word has come to represent an embrace of progressive activism, as well.
While pundits and politicians often use the word “woke” with a negative connotation, a majority of Americans think of it as a positive word, a new survey finds.
Rather, it is about the history that occurred along the routes, history that rebuts the misdirected and sometimes malicious “anti-woke” onslaught we see here in Florida.
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 ...
The White House put a pause on funding federal programs to assess for "woke gender ideology" and DEI. Here's what it means.
Gray Rohrer of the news outlet Florida Politics was in the courtroom last week as staffers for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) were asked an interesting question: What does “woke” mean? The ...