Arbitrator Orders Post to Rehire Attiah | US News

US News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 24, 2026 · 1m

A private arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to reinstate fired columnist Karen Attiah and pay her back wages, ruling the paper violated its labor agreement by firing her over social media posts about conservative leader Charlie Kirk. Attiah argued her comments — which defended mourning someone who “espoused violence” without equating it to being violent — were part of her journalistic duty, not a breach of policy. The Post claimed her posts damaged its reputation, but the arbitrator found their reasoning insufficient and inconsistent with their own rules. Attiah, backed by a…