Category: woke

The Destructionist Phase of American History

Commentary For reasons I do not understand, I happen to be on the Democratic Party email list for donors. Several times per day, I receive notes demanding money. If I give $7, I could get a phone call from Joe Biden! Also, if I cough up for this or that candidate, the party will be…


‘Woke’ Military Policies to Blame for Recruitment Crisis, Servicemembers Say

The U.S. Army is expected to fall nearly 40,000 troops short of its recruiting goals over the next two years. Fiscal year 2022 is expected to miss the mark by 10,000 troops, while the number in fiscal year 2023 could reach 28,000. These figures mean that this year is on track to be the Army’s…


Woke Airline Policies Threaten Safety, Workers Say

Southwest Airlines Co. is basking in accolades for its “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) efforts, award-winning customer service, and record-breaking quarterly revenues. Behind the scenes of that rosy picture, heartaches are afflicting Southwest, called “the airline with Heart” because of its heart-shaped logo and a corporate culture steeped in “The Golden Rule,” treating others the…


Trump Targets Democrat Policies in CPAC Speech

Former President Donald Trump told conservatives gathered in Texas that senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) will pay the ultimate political price for backing a $739 billion bill investing heavily in green energy. Trump made the remarks during a speech to an audience of some 5,000 attendees as the final speaker at the…


The Rise of Wokeness in the Military

The following is adapted from a talk delivered on July 20, 2022, at the Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship on Hillsdale’s Washington, D.C. campus, as part of the AWC Family Foundation Lecture Series. Complaints by veteran soldiers about younger generations who lack discipline and traditional values are as old as…


Skyrocketing ‘Woke’ Rhetoric in British Newspapers Has ‘Utterly Transformed’ Media: Study

The media landscape of Britain has been completely transformed by the wholesale import of USA-style identity politics and social justice rhetoric, according to a new report. Data released in a new report on Aug. 2 by the British academic and pollster Matt Goodwin has revealed that “social justice” terms associated with critical theorists have exploded in UK…


George Soros and His Woke Prosecutors

Commentary George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist and bete noir of conservatives, has written a column for The Wall Street Journal, defending his donations to liberal prosecutors who are releasing criminals on low or no bail, resulting in their frequent commission of new crimes. Soros claims a choice between public safety and justice is a false one…


UK Minister Scraps Civil Service Diversity Training ‘Riddled With Left-Wing Views’

UK Attorney General Suella Braverman said she has scrapped the diversity training programme in her department, as it is “riddled with left-wing views.” Writing in the Daily Mail, Braverman compared the “diversity, equality, and inclusion” (DEI) sector to the “witch-finders of the Middle Ages.” She said she was “horrified” to discover that hundreds of government…


Contrary to Mainstream Narrative, Black Americans Want Criminals Behind Bars: Horace Cooper

Black Americans in urban areas are suffering the consequences of the progressive Democrats’ anti-police “soft on crime” policies, despite the fact that these are the communities the policies were supposedly going to help, said Horace Cooper, senior fellow with the National Center for Public Policy Research, in a recent NTD interview. Cooper told NTD that…


Ethan Peck on ‘Managerial Class’ Behind Woke Takeover of Corporate America

In April 2021, large corporations such as Coca-Cola, Delta Airline, and Home Depot rallied against Georgia’s election reform, parroting a leftist narrative that the measure was “racist.” It was seen by many as a manifestation of the “woke” takeover of corporate America, in which a company’s capital is diverted to left-wing causes that shareholders never…