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.

Massachuetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley issued the sternest of warnings Tuesday to Kellyanne Conway and called her "Distraction Becky."

Details surrounding the arrest of A$AP Rocky in Sweden were being revealed after the rapper spent a week in detention with reportedly squalid conditions.

Ross Perot's death has reminded people about the time he said "you people" in 1992 and all but gave birth to one of the most reviled racial epithets for Black people.

Cory Booker took up for Kamala Harris after her strong debate performance prompted Donald Trump Jr. to promote a racist tweet about her racial background.

Cory Booker’s campaign has seemingly stalled heading into the first Democratic debate. However, if you've been paying attention, the New Jersey senator’s profile has arguably never been higher. Something's gotta give.

The Supreme Court overturned the murder conviction of Curtis Flowers on the grounds that a Mississippi district attorney intentionally kept Black jurors off the case.

The former vice president fondly recalled two racist former U.S. Senators during a speech in New York City.

Loved ones of Joseph Allen, the latest American tourist to be found dead in the Dominican Republic, were demanding answers for what could be a “wrongful death.”

The shooting at a Dallas federal building was the latest instance of a white male committing domestic terrorism, which does not have a specific law addressing it.

The arrest of a white shooter with a machine gun in Dallas stood in contrast to how police shoot first when they see Black suspects whether they're armed or not.

Two so-called sanctuary cities in America that have previously gone out of their way to welcome all refugees were now not so eager at the prospects of having a growing number of African migrants arrive.

A closer look at the ugly saga between Masai Ujiri and the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office suggests the allegations are flimsy and fueled by implicit bias, at best, and all-out racism at worst.