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 ...

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 ...

The expression “stay woke” started out as an affirmation for African Americans. In the past decade it has been used by some Republicans — and some Democrats — as a pejorative for people thought to be ...

Fans are bashing “Stranger Things” online, calling the Season 5, Volume 2, episodes a “woke cringe” disappointment. The ...

It started as most digital transgressions do: a harmless joke meant to poke fun at an overarching societal behavior. When TikTok creator Michelle.ok made her viral “Friend that’s too woke” clip, there ...

The billionaire heiress who recently donated $250,000 to a super PAC supporting socialist Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign is bankrolling a national push to bring “woke math” into public schools ...

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