Arbitrator Orders Post to Rehire Attiah | San Antonio News

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

An arbitrator has ordered The Washington Post to rehire Karen Attiah and pay her back wages, ruling she was wrongfully fired for social media posts criticizing performative mourning around Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The Post claimed the posts violated social media policies and damaged its reputation, but the arbitrator found no sufficient cause for termination and noted violations of the labor agreement. Attiah, defending her role as an opinion columnist, argued her commentary was part of her job — analyzing political violence — and not misconduct. While the arbitrator acknowledged prior…