"If you ask people what woke is, I think what they mean is they want to stand against people who are engaging in some type of advocacy for marginalized people," said Andra Gillespie, political ...

Less than 10 years ago, “woke” was a word so deeply layered with history and meaning it could evoke years of pain suffered by descendants of slaves coming of age in Jim Crow America.

The word “woke” is thrown around absurdly often, from college campuses and M&M candies, to Silicon Valley Bank, but what does it actually mean? During an interview on The Hill’s online ...

used to tell someone to “stay woke.” But you still may not understand the true meaning of the word. Now, more than ever, you probably have a loose idea of woke’s meaning and definition ...

For a long time "woke" just meant "not sleeping."But recognizing its changing common usage, Meriam-Webster added a new meaning in 2017: U.S. slang meaning "aware of and actively attentive to ...

Apparently, there’s a “woke” part of the federal budget. “Wokeness” was even faulted for the Silicon Valley Bank collapse. But while the definition of “woke” may be up for debate ...

So what is the history and the meaning of the word "woke"? And why you can expect to see it become a frequently used term in the presidential election in November? What is the definition and ...