New York Governor Kathy Hochul is facing a mixed bag of reactions to a comment she made at a largely Black church in Buffalo that some contend was “deeply offensive,” but Hochul defended it as a “lighthearted joke.” Hochul delivered remarks on Sunday, Sept. 7, at True Bethel Baptist Church, in which she reminded the...
A Black man who was viciously mauled by a police dog in Ohio after a license plate reader falsely indicated he was driving a stolen car has agreed to a settlement. Brandon Upchurch was driving a red Dodge pickup truck with the license plate number JLL 7637 when he was pulled over after a license...
Black Americans are disproportionately affected by false police reports, so when Terrance Wadley defended himself, calling a white police officer “ridiculous,” he wasn’t overreacting. The father picked up his daughter from school at Kennedy Elementary in Mankato, Minnesota, and parked in the school parking lot, just like any other day — except this time, the...
![‘Nappy-Headed [N-word]’: Black Cracker Barrel Waitress Alleges 10 Years of Racist Abuse Before Being Fired for Reporting It, Lawsuit Claims](https://theblacknewsreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/nappy-headed-n-word-black-cracker-barrel-waitress-alleges-10-years-of-racist-abuse-before-being-fired-for-reporting-it-lawsuit-claims-360x360.webp "‘Nappy-Headed [N-word]’: Black Cracker Barrel Waitress Alleges 10 Years of Racist Abuse Before Being Fired for Reporting It, Lawsuit Claims")
A Black waitress at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Tennessee said she faced heinous racial harassment during her 10 years on the job from white coworkers and supervisors who were never held accountable for their actions. Roberta Mendez, who started working as a server at a Nashville-area Cracker Barrel in 2015, filed a federal lawsuit...
President Donald Trump is drawing criticism for his plan to posthumously award slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award is presented at the president’s discretion to people who have made “an especially meritorious contribution” to the security or national interests of the country, world peace, cultural or other significant...
