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Cloudy skies early, followed by partial clearing. Low 58F. Winds light and variable.
Updated: August 24, 2026 @ 9:07 pm
Former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah is pictured in Washington, June 3, 2026.
FILE – The One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, is seen June 21, 2024, in Washington.
Former Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah is pictured in Washington, June 3, 2026.
FILE – The One Franklin Square Building, home of The Washington Post newspaper, is seen June 21, 2024, in Washington.
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 Espinosa, also ordered the Post to award Attiah full back pay and lost benefits.
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