Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire award-winning opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay. Attiah was fired last fall over comments she made following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“My reinstatement and this win means so much for so many people because they see this as a proxy for standing up to this wave of censorship and oppression and targeting, particularly of Black voices,” says Attiah.
A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire award-winning opinion columnist Karen Attiah with back pay. Attiah was fired last fall over comments she made following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“My reinstatement and this win means so much for so many people because they see this as a proxy for standing up to this wave of censorship and oppression and targeting, particularly of Black voices,” says Attiah.
