About Bruce C.T. Wright

Bruce is based in New York City and mainly covers politics, culture, race and criminal justice. He previously worked at the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Boston Globe’s Boston.com, where he was a part of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team that covered the Boston Marathon bombing and manhunt. Follow him @ BCTW on social media.

Little League baseball said white teammates covering a Black player's hair with cotton on live TV was not "racially insensitive."

Jaylen Ausley, Donald Huey and Devonta Vivetter were struck outside of a gay bar in Chicago.

The embattled Baltimore State's Attorney is seeking a third term.

Arena di Verona is speaking out after opera singer Angel Blue dropped out of performances because the venue in Italy used blackface "recently."

Minneapolis police sniper Aaron Pearson, who was involved in Andrew Tekle Sundberg's shooting, was also involved in Amir Locke's killing months earlier.

Jayland Walker's funeral after he was killed by police was open casket in a move that harkens back to Emmett Till.

Dr. Khiara Bridges testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee to weigh in on the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

"Dumb enough to pull a fake gun, dumb enough to get shot......," Tioga Council President Steve Hazlett posted on Facebook in 2015.

The president and Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke to the WNBA star's wife "to reassure her" they're doing everything they can to secure her freedom.

Fewer white people call Washington, D.C home in a demographic shift that happened during the pandemic and restores the "Chocolate City" nickname.

The new White House Office of Public Engagement director started without an office in the White House, which some co-workers reportedly found disrespectful.