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It started as most digital transgressions do: a harmless joke meant to poke fun at an overarching societal behavior.

As the Superman movie enters its second week at the box office and becomes one of the most popular movies of 2025, the conversation about movies being too woke persists. Politics and media have been a ...

Shares in an "anti-woke" online marketplace skyrocketed by more than 180% Tuesday following news that Donald Trump Jr. was joining the company's board of directors. President-elect Donald Trump's ...

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 ...

Few Americans use terminology that is commonly deemed as “woke,” according to a new survey. In the YouGov survey, under a quarter of Americans polled said they “regularly use” words and phrases such ...

When the Trump administration this week put on hold grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, one of the reasons cited was to give White House staffers time to assess them for "woke gender ...

"Resistance" Democrats are starting to abandon civil politics in favor of a new provocative and combative "dark woke," a new report says. The term "dark woke" refers to an online meme that gained ...

Shock jock radio host Howard Stern balked Thursday at claims he has gone "woke" amid rumors of his retirement, arguing both are untrue. Stern was once on the cutting-edge of shock-jock radio, famously ...

The expression “stay woke” started out as an affirmation for African Americans. In the past decade it has been used by some Republicans — and some Democrats — as a pejorative for people thought to be ...

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