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 lingering question of how much support Bernie Sanders has from Black women voters was exacerbated over the weekend.

At least nine people who were arrested by Amber Guyger have had their cases dismissed before the start of her murder trial for killing Botham Jean in his own home in Dallas.

One important yet unsung aspect of the legal cannabis industry is changing the conversation around how Black people are viewed within the larger marijuana context.

While the legal marijuana industry is a game changer for entrepreneurs, it can also lead to advocacy and activism. That much has been shown by Cannaclusive, which describes itself as being “inspired by the growing opportunities yet disappointed by the diversity issues taking root in mainstream cannabis culture.”

The budding legal marijuana business is in many ways a unique industry. But in more ways, it’s largely the same as most others: predominately white and male. That means that Black women are probably the least likely to enter it, let alone succeed.

Someone other than R. Kelly paid a six-figure tab to get the disgraced singer out of jail in Chicago for the second time in as many weeks.

Andrew Gillum may have lost his gubernatorial bid in Florida last year, but he apparently has his eyes firmly focused on the future.

R. Kelly's money woes were seemingly worsening by the day.

A mayor in one of the nation’s whitest states resigned in disgrace after a series of racist text messages he sent were made public.

Investigators were working Friday to identify the body of a little Black girl who was found dead earlier this week inside a duffle bag in a suburb of Los Angeles.

Disgraced singer R. Kelly has finally publicly addressed his recent indictment and arrest for allegedly sexually abusing multiple underage girls.

The announcement that a second person appeared to be cured of the AIDS virus marked a seminal breakthrough in healthcare. But perhaps nowhere was the was the announcement greeted warmer than HIV-infected Black people, who account for a disproportionate number of those diagnosed with the sexually transmitted disease that breaks down your immunity system. “A […]