To be "woke" politically in the Black community means that someone is informed, educated and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality, Merriam-Webster Dictionary states. A historical ...

In the first Congress address of his second term, Trump condemned 'wokeism', advocating for hiring based on competence rather ...

However, the term has also garnered negative connotations. Merriam-Webster Dictionary notes that "woke" can imply political ...

progressives and others opposed to his politics as “woke,” which is defined as “alert to injustice in society, especially racism” in the Oxford English Dictionary. Earlier this month ...

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 ...

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 term woke means being “aware, especially of social problems such as racism and inequality,” according to the Cambridge dictionary. The Oxford English dictionary describes ‘woke’ as ...