A term that has become increasingly mainstream within the past few years, including as captions on social media posts, TikTok ...

“Woke” is now best known as a negative political buzzword used to describe anything deemed too liberal or progressive—like brands that support Pride Month, The Little Mermaid live-action film and ...

Words matter. We’ve heard that truism lately regarding hate speech and insurrection oratory. Science backs it up. Interviewed by Scientific American, Lera Boroditsky, a cognitive scientist at the ...

By Bob Topper PeaceVoice In 1939, Billie Holiday gave voice to a nation’s darkest truths with “Strange Fruit,” her haunting lament for the bodies of Black men and women hanging […] ...

In April 2022, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 7, known as the ‘Stop WOKE’ bill, in Hialeah Gardens. Daniel A. Varela [email protected] Labels convey a lot in our society: “pro-life,” ...

David Rieff is a fixture of New York’s woke literary scene, but he’s not afraid to break with the pack.

For more than two years, cable news pundits and Republican lawmakers have accused the military of going ‘woke,’ a loosely defined term that refers to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts that ...

Liberals claim that conservatives have turned the term into a catch-all bogeyman they can’t even define — even though it’s a word that progressives themselves use. But as someone who has explored this ...

Over the past two years conversations about race, gender and equity have become more mainstream and in some cases more contentious. That’s why KPBS Race & Equity Reporter Cristina Kim has been ...

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 ...

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