Washington Post ordered to reinstate Black columnist fired after Charlie Kirk posts
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Times Bay AreaPublished August 24, 2026Updated August 24, 2026English
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An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate a Black opinion writer fired over social media posts about violent white men following last year’s killing of Charlie Kirk. The ruling Thursday said the newspaper did not have sufficient cause to terminate Karen Attiah , who at the time was the last Black full-time member of the Post’s opinion desk . The arbitrator, Sarah Miller Espi
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