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.

The House's lopsided 42-3 historic passage of an anti-lynching bill named for Emmett Till was opposed by Texas Rep. Chip Roy, who has previously called the racist vigilante act "a metaphor for justice.”

The U.S. Senate has received the historic nomination for Ketanji Brown Jackson's historic nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court as calls grow louder for the confirmation process to be expedited.

In addition to her valuable experience on the bench, Ketanji Brown Jackson previously worked as a federal public defender and would be the first Supreme Court justice in many years with experience representing criminal defendants.

The guilty verdicts for former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao for violating George Floyd's civil rights should send a clear message to members of law enforcement who ignore their sworn duties, civil rights leaders said.

"Calling for both sides to de-escalate only gives Russia a pass," the second Black woman to serve as ambassador to the United Nations said. "Russia is the aggressor here."

While the hate crime convictions for Gregory and Travis McMichael and William "Roddie" Bryan may help Ahmaud Arbery's loved ones inch closer to closure, civil rights leaders are cautioning against confusing the verdicts for true justice.

A Minnesota judge handed down an extra lenient prison sentence of just 24 months to former Brooklyn Center police officer Kim Potter for killing Daunte Wright after purportedly confusing a Taser for a gun in suburban Minneapolis last year.

Daunte Wright's family, including his parents, siblings and mother of his son, had the opportunity to confront Kim Potter before the former Minnesota police officer convicted of manslaughter was sentenced for killing the 20-year-old motorist.

From Dee Barnes to his ex-wife Nicole Young, Dr. Dre has a brutal history of domestic violence against Black women, in particular. The hip-hop icon's Super Bowl LVI halftime show performance reminded folks of that truth.

Experts on the topic of reparations for slavery are cautiously more optimistic than ever about the prospects of African Americans finally being given a semblance of reparative justice as the larger movement gains momentum. Here's where things stand today.

Cavalier "Chevy" Johnson advanced to April's general election following Tuesday's primary election that whittled down the field of candidates to two. The acting mayor of Milwaukee could become the first Black person ever elected to that position.

The University of Alabama has added the name of Autherine Lucy Foster, its first Black student, to the Graves Hall campus building, named for Bibb Graves, a graduate of the university who was also notably a "Grand Cyclops" in the KKK.