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.

Ben Carson, who once spent more than $31,000 on a dining room set for his HUD office, had the audacity to judge President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget.

The Black Lives Matter Global Network has shaken up its leadership as Patrisse Cullors steps down in an unexpected move amid heightened scrutiny over the organization's finances in recent months.

Bill Cosby's petition for parole was denied, a result that his spokesperson said was expected because the disgraced comedian refuses to admit guilt for the sex crime has convicted of.

Kyrie Irving’s recent comments about racism in Boston have fans of the NBA’s Celtics resentful despite their adamant refusal to accept the reality that, yes, in case anyone thought otherwise, anti-Black racism is still very much a thing in that city.

Mark Hazelwood, who is on trial for fraud, has claimed without proof that the Black judge presiding over his trial is a so-called reverse racist and must recuse himself because of that alleged bias against people suspected of white-collar crimes.

Sasha Johnson, a Black Lives Matter leader, was hospitalized after being shot in the head in the Peckham neighborhood of southeast London. Here's everything we know about the shooting.

A Kentucky district attorney found that the police and national guardsman shooting death of David McAtee, a legally armed Black man, was justified and will not result in any criminal charges.

With the one-year mark since George Floyd's murder, here's what's changed on the national police reform front -- and what hasn't -- since that fateful Memorial Day in Minneapolis.

A blend of brutality, corruption and malfeasance has been the prevailing culture in recent years within the Lousiana State Police, whose troopers are accused of killing motorist Ronald Greene.

The Jacksonville Jaguars signing former NFL player Tim Tebow came after accusations of "white privilege" went viral as free agent Colin Kaepernick continues getting snubbed for a second chance on the gridiron.

The Virginia capital city of Richmond recommended the ONE Casino + Resort to advance to a referendum on casino gaming during Election Day on Nov. 2, pushing it one step closer to having the nation's first Black-owned casino.

A new book claims former President Barack Obama used no uncertain terms in private when referring to Donald Trump.