Yet, we shouldn't overlook the impact of language driving social justice movements. Consider, for instance, how conservatives ...

Woke ideology and political policies have been a target of President Trump since the campaign but what are they and how has ...

In his recent address to Congress, President Donald Trump declared that the United States is “woke no longer.” This statement ...

Trump’s rally against wokeness is just the latest way this four-letter word has been co-opted by Republicans to mean the ...

Asked to provide a definition of “woke,” two of five Dickinson County Board members offered comments to dozens of interested citizens during a meeting Monday. The request came from Lynne Wilson of ...

Quickly after its embrace, however, “woke” underwent what linguists call pejoration, by which a positive or neutral word takes on a negative meaning. In this case, it went from referring to ...

Once a call for racial awareness, ‘woke’ has transformed into a highly charged political term. Initially rooted in Black activism, it gained traction in progressive circles before being co-opted as a ...

The lifelong actor, activist and counterculture icon delivered an electrifying speech Sunday while accepting her Life Achievement Award.