The word "woke" is tossed around a lot in political and social debates all around the country. It's ramping up as Election Day draws near. The term carries different meanings and strong emotional ...

Woke - it's just four letters, but it has had a big impact on Republican politics ahead of the 2024 election. It's hard to avoid criticism of, quote, "wokeness" and "wokeism" among GOP presidential ...

When the Trump administration this week put on hold grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, one of the reasons cited was to give White House staffers time to assess them for "woke gender ...

There's one word on the Republican presidential campaign trail that's hard to avoid — "woke." Republicans on the campaign trail are using it as something of a catch-all to criticize anything on the ...

Hurling insults is now the norm for those with a disagreement, but we need to learn to sort the specifics without calling ...

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