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 ...

Are you as tired as I am of hearing people complain about “woke?” Many politicians use the term today as a code word to criticize efforts they don’t like, but they rarely offer to define it. Based on ...

*Conservative author Bethany Mandel has penned a new book that is centered around the term “woke.” But she struggled to define it during an interview. Now there’s debate surrounding what the term ...

Easily, or perhaps coherently, defining this four-letter word — which feels even shorter when stripped of vital context — stumped a political commentator this week. Bethany Mandel had even co-written ...

When the Trump administration this week put on hold grant, loan and other financial assistance programs, one of the reasons ...

Within the past two years, conservatives have coveted “woke” as their new buzzword to drive their agenda. Most of those jokers don’t even know what “being woke” even means, which was proven through an ...

“In that song, ‘Master Teacher,’ the chorus is: ‘I stay woke,’ ” Erykah Badu, speaking on MSNBC last week. This is one of those times that I want to stand on a table and scream that we’re all focused ...

“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. Turning on Fox News, you’ll hear the word ...

Re “Trying to Define a Label,” by Ross Douthat (column, March 19): It is hard to overstate the irony of Ross Douthat’s offering a definition of the “‘woke’ worldview.” “Woke” is not a worldview. It is ...

“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.