R&B singer-songwriter Erykah Badu says the term woke "doesn't belong to us anymore" after it has been misappropriated by conservatives. (Richard Shotwell / Invision / Associated Press) "Woke," a term ...

If you've attended a social-justice protest or watched an episode of "Dear White People," you've likely heard the word "woke." But the term wasn't being used to refer to sleep. It was being used to ...

woke, adjective: Originally: well-informed, up-to-date. Now chiefly: alert to racial or social discrimination and injustice; frequently in stay woke. According to Katherine Martin, head of Oxford's ...

Chances are, you've at least heard someone use the term "woke" as an adjective, used to tell someone to “stay woke.” But you still may not understand the true meaning of the word. Now, more than ever, ...

Someday when the cultural moment that many have called “The Great Awokening” is finally, mercifully, over, Americans of all races should fight to give African Americans their word back. Less than 10 ...

The phrase “woke” and to “stay woke” is not new — it began appearing in the 1940s and was first used by African Americans to “literally mean becoming woken up ... rooted in African American Vernacular ...

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"Woke," a term singer Erykah Badu reinvigorated in the late aughts on the track "Master Teacher," has since taken on "a life of its own," and she believes it has become a put-down for Black people.

In his recent address to Congress, President Donald Trump declared that the United States is “woke no longer.” This statement signals a shift in the nation’s cultural and political landscape. But what ...

“Woke,” a term singer Erykah Badu reinvigorated in the late aughts on the track “Master Teacher,” has since taken on “a life of its own,” and she believes it has become a put-down for Black people.