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.

Senate Chaplain Barry Black seemed to throw a good amount of shade at the entire Senate during his invocation to open the debate over whether witnesses should be allowed to testify in the impeachment trial.

Kobe Bryant's unexpected death at such a relatively early age brought into question whether he had a living will in place before he died.

Pastor John Gray's Relentless Church has filed a counterclaim against a disgruntled former employee accused of shady business practices who sued for tens of thousands of dollars in allegedly unpaid wages.

Prince George's police Corporal Michael Owen, Jr., a Black man, was arrested and charged with murder in record time for shooting William Green, who was handcuffed and seated in a police car, seven times at close range.

Just days removed from the tragic helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and people have already found ways to exploit the catastrophe for their own financial gain.

Immigrants from majority Black countries might also be left heavily susceptible to tougher regulations if a new immigration proposal is approved.

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed carrying Kobe Bryant and eight other people has been identified, but it was unclear whether Ara Zobayan was at fault in any way.

Pete Buttigieg was interviewed during an event in South Carolina that was hosted by Charlamagne Tha God.

Joe Biden's support among Black voters has been either stagnant or sagging while the polar opposite has been true for his rival Bernie Sanders as the primary season rapidly approaches.

Some college basketball analysts have repeatedly framed the narrative of the fight between the men’s basketball teams from the University of Kansas and Kansas State University in a criminal context.

Christopher Paul Hasson, who was allegedly plotting a race war with a stockpile of weapons to create a “white homeland,” is begging the court for leniency to "try to rebuild his life.”

An investigation has been opened looking into the disturbing video recorded of former NBA player Delonte West and how the footage came to be recorded.