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 Globeā€™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.

Leaders at Black colleges explain the potential benefits and definite negatives of the ruling.

The respective affirmative action dissent and concurring from Ketanji Brown Jackson and Clarence Thomas, the only Black Supreme Court judges, couldn't be more different. Read them here.

"He took a life." Jordan Neely's family and supporters had some choice words and reactions to Daniel Penny pleading not guilty to the subway chokehold killing.

The online fundraisers for alleged self defense subway killers Jordan Williams, who is Black, and Daniel Penny, who is white, have yielded uneven results along racial lines. Coincidence?

A letter Jonathan Majors' lawyer sent to a judge reveals allegations of racism against the arresting NYPD cops for "coaching" the accuser.

A Department of Justice investigation confirmed the worst-kept secret.

After Jordan Williams was arrested for a "self defense" death in the NYC subway, will Daniel Penny's donors help a Black suspect accused of the same crime? Penny raised millions.

Jordan Williams' arrest stands in contrast with Daniel Penny's treatment.

The case centered on the infamous 911 call that got two Black men arrested in Philadelphia.

Justin Volpe, the ex-NYPD cop convicted of brutally sodomizing Haitian immigrant Abner Louima with a broomstick in a police precinct, was released early from prison.

Donald Trump was arrested for the second time in as many months and pleaded not guilty to federal charges centered on classified documents he allegedly stole and concealed from the U.S. government.