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.

Briahna Joy Gray became the subject of the same kind of social media venom that has been associated with Bernie Sanders' supporters. All because she responded to a tweet from Kamala Harris.

Netflix's "Tiger King" might mark the first time in modern history when a lack of racial diversity on a TV show was readily welcomed by Black people.

California Sen. Maxine Waters reminded Donald Trump about all of the errors in his ways of confronting the public health crisis that has only tightened its grip around the U.S. due in no small part to the president's mishandling of it.

Watch video of Rev. Joseph E. Lowery deliver the benediction at the inauguration for Barack Obama, who would later present the reverend with the presidential medal of freedom.

The African American community in Milwaukee County has been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. All eight people there who died of complications from the coronavirus were Black.

Dr. Umar Johnson is using Instagram Live for divisive purposes while the rest of the world uses the social media app to unite in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Kamala Harris had some words for Matt Gaetz after the congressman was upset that Howard University was awarded a portion of the $12 trillion economic stimulus package in the wake of the coronavirus.

GOP-leaning actor James Woods had his Twitter account suspended for tweeting a photo about Andrew Gillum, a Democrat who was recently caught up in a suspected drug incident at a Florida hotel.

NBA player Trey Burke posted anti-vaccination conspiracy theory amid the coronavirus global pandemic that scientists are actively working to find a vaccine for. Black folks have a complicated relationship with vaccinations.

An "Open Letter to Mayor Andrew Gillum, Black Men, and the Media That Scrutinizes Both" was published to encourage Black men to support Gillum and call out the news coverage over the hotel incident in Miami Beach.

The NYPD was reportedly still making arrests on all levels despite concerns over the coronavirus infecting not just police officers but also inmates in New York City jails.