A San Francisco Bay-area school has cut ties with “Woke Kindergarten” after nationwide backlash against the program’s curriculum and its founder’s statements.

Once upon a time, many decades ago, “woke” was a term used mostly in Black spaces to underscore the importance of keeping a close eye on patterns of racism.

Facebook X Reddit Email Save “Woke” is currently the favorite word of the right. Republican politicians can’t go more that 5 or 6 words without peppering “woke” into their sentences.

Republicans “are masterminds at coming up with messaging that scares the Jim Crow hell out of their base. “Woke” is their latest stunt,” writes Clay Cane, who admonishes those who misuse ...

A marker of just how much American politics has changed over the last eight years. By Nate Cohn Gov. Ron DeSantis after signing HB7, dubbed the “stop woke” bill, during a news conference in ...

MILITARY ‘Woke’ military provisions are sticking points for GOP as vote on defense policy bill looms Republicans say they might prefer to delay NDAA until next year, when they will control House ...

Former President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters he doesn’t like the term “woke,” arguing that people using the term don’t know what it means. “I don’t like the term ‘woke ...

As societal norms continue to evolve, so too does the landscape of cultural discourse. Once hailed as a necessary movement ...

A bill seeking to eliminate "woke" words and phrases has been introduced in the West Virginia Legislature. Kathie Hess Crouse, one of the 11 Republican state delegates who sponsored the ...

Shortly after the election of Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, a meme began circulating online that attributed a quote about what it meant to be "woke" to the new pontiff. The image showed the pope ...

If it is woke”to believe that every public school student should receive a high-quality education, which includes exposure to scientifically validated concepts (the Big Bang theory, evolution ...