Karen Attiah says she won’t rejoin The Washington Post, which fired her over Charlie Kirk comments
The former opinion columnist will receive back pay but not rejoin the newspaper after an arbitration ruling found her firing lacked sufficient cause.
- On Sunday, Karen Attiah announced she will not return to The Washington Post, accepting a settlement despite winning reinstatement through arbitration in August.
- The Post fired Attiah in September 2025, alleging 'gross misconduct' and violation of social media policies over her posts regarding conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death.
- Arbitrator Sarah Miller Espinosa ruled in August that the newspaper lacked sufficient cause to fire Attiah, who had spent 11 years as an editor and columnist.
- Attiah wrote that returning meant working without the 'guaranteed freedom and institutional support' needed to practice the journalism she valued.
- The settlement closes a contentious chapter for the Jeff Bezos-owned newspaper, which reoriented its opinion section toward personal liberties and free markets in February 2025.
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Karen Attiah says she won’t rejoin The Washington Post, which fired her over Charlie Kirk comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opinion writer Karen Attiah has decided not to return to her job at The Washington Post, despite winning reinstatement after her firing over social media posts about the 2025 killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Attiah wrote Sunday on her Substack, “The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah,” that she reached a settlement...
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Karen Attiah says she won't rejoin The Washington Post, which fired her over Charlie Kirk comments
Former Washington Post opinion writer Karen Attiah has decided not to return to her old job. Attiah won reinstatement to the Washington Post this summer after the newspaper fired her over social media posts following the 2025 killing of Charlie Kirk.
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