As I write this, I am enjoying my morning coffee in a mug that proclaims “awake not woke.” A friend gave it to me, and I think it’s funny. “Woke” is certainly the word of the moment. But what does it ...

Are you woke? Have you been accused of being woke? Are you anti-woke? Just what is wokeness, anyway? Black Americans and allies fighting to bring attention to racial injustice and police brutality ...

Woke - it's just four letters, but it has had a big impact on Republican politics ahead of the 2024 election. It's hard to avoid criticism of, quote, "wokeness" and "wokeism" among GOP presidential ...

"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.

As you’d expect, I heard from a lot of people in recent weeks about our decision to drop the Dilbert comic strip and replace it with a new strip called Crabgrass. People in Northeast Ohio have strong ...

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