As the term “woke” gains increasing prevalence in the Republican political arena, a new poll suggests that Americans are divided on its true meaning. The phrase, which gained popularity during the Black Lives Matter movement in 2014, is being used by many on the right to describe the far-left. A recent USA Today poll framed…

A government-appointed reparations committee in San Francisco is recommending that each eligible Black resident be awarded a one-time payment of $5 million in an effort to correct the city’s decades of racial discrimination. Conservatives say the reparations proposal — which some say would cost $50 billion — would ruin the city’s financial picture, given San…

Few topics highlight the differences between the GOP and Democrats more than the hot-button issue of liberal “wokeism.” In fact, the two parties can barely agree on what the term even means. Being woke, a concept that gained popularity in the early days of the Black Lives Matter movement, was originally used to describe people…

The disturbing videotaped beating death of Tyre Nichols has renewed the call for police reform legislation. Five Memphis police officers, all of whom were Black, have been fired and charged with second-degree murder. Nichols’ beating has sparked new conversations about the issue of race in law enforcement. Straight Arrow News contributor Ruben Navarrette, whose father…

A recent Wall Street Journal editorial excoriated the Republican Party for its in-fighting, calling them “too dimwitted to understand the uses of power and how to wield it.” House Republicans have been feuding ever since they regained majority control in the midterm elections and some party hardliners are trying to torpedo Kevin McCarthy’s bid to…

Two reports on the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol have two very different focuses. The official Jan. 6 investigative committee compiled a report that stated the attack on the Capitol could not have happened without Donald Trump. A separate investigation from a group of five House Republicans found that intelligence failures, internal politics…

Major protests over China’s strict COVID-19 quarantine policies continue to rock the communist country. One data analyst claims the government is using bot accounts to flood Twitter with porn as a way to distract and contain the spread of information about the protests. Straight Arrow News contributor Peter Zeihan says such widespread dissent used to…

Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts were restricted after the music superstar unleashed a series of antisemitic posts. That controversy came on the heels of West’s appearance at Paris Fashion Week, where he wore a “White Lives Matter” t-shirt. As some in conservative media jumped to the hip-hop mogul’s defense, others wondered what sparked the…

Dating apps have long provided its users the usual assortment of preferences to help target potential mates. Gender, religion, age and interests are some of the more obvious filters, but there’s one that might seem less overt, carrying with it deeper — and unintended — consequences. Straight Arrow News contributor Jordan Reid examines the connection…

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed at improving accountability in policing. The measure is in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police officers and was signed on the second anniversary of Floyd’s death.  “I know progress can be slow and frustrating,” Biden said. “Today we’re…