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 courtroom displays of compassion for Amber Guyger and her murder conviction for killing Botham Jean in his own home shows that Black forgiveness, for better or for worse, is a fragile and complex topic.

With one week of Amber Guyger’s murder trial in the books, a lot of new information has been revealed about before, during and after she killed Botham Jean in his own home.

Amber Guyger took the stand at her own murder trial and testified on everything from her time as a youth to the fateful night of Sept. 8, 2018, when she shot and killed Botham Jean in his own apartment in Dallas.

The D&I Honors recognized the efforts of diversity and inclusion champions on the sidelines of the annual Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C.

The ”Climate Strike” may have been inspired by a white Swedish woman, but statistics show that climate change disproportionately affects Black people and communities of color more so than their whiter counterparts.

Candace Owens brought her revisionist take on history with her when she testified before Congress on Tuesday about white nationalism and hate speech.

Positions of leadership on historically Black college campuses have typically skewed older for many decades. But a closer look at the changing face of HBCU leadership reveals a decided reversal in that trend.

There was one aspect of the debate that stood out in particular: moderator Linsey Davis.

NFL teams have called Colin Kaepernick a distraction, but Antonio Brown has been way more of a sideshow than a silent kneeling protest could ever be.

As thousands of Hurricane Dorian survivors evacuate the Bahamas, "Tourism is still thriving," Bahamas Consul General Theo Neilly said.

Botham Jean’s family lawyers said they came away from the first day of jury selection feeling optimistic about Amber Guyger's murder trial.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe And U.S. President Donald Trump have a lot in common.