The word "woke" is tossed around a lot in political and social debates all around the country. It's ramping up as Election Day draws near. The term carries different meanings and strong emotional ...

From the head nod to the dap, from regional vernaculars to the English Creole once known as Ebonics, black folks share in (and create) an ever-evolving, living English that is at once coded and ...

“Woke,” a slang term popularized by social-justice activists on the left, is making its way into the next update of Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the BBC reported Tuesday. The OED is adding a ...

Editor's Note: This post was originally published in June 2017 and has been updated for comprehensiveness. The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added the word "woke" in its quarterly update in June, ...

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, ...

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

I’ve got some bad news for the hordes who flood the comment section whenever the word “woke” appears (as it does here, and here, and yup, here too.) “Woke” is now an official part of the world’s most ...

If you’ve attend 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 ...