The term "woke" is often used in reference to progressive, politically correct stances on race, gender ideology and other hot-button topics.

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

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

“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 ...

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 from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Boots” followed the story of Cameron Cope, played by Miles Heizer, a gay teen from Louisiana who is bullied and “finds new purpose — and unexpected brotherhood — with his motley ...

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

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 ...

On May 24, 2023, SpaceXMania published an article positing that Brian Cornell, CEO of Target, had made a public statement saying that the company was "too woke," and that "we need to strike a balance.