Arbitrator Rules Washington Post Must Reinstate Karen Attiah With Back Pay

An independent arbitrator ruled The Washington Post must reinstate columnist Karen Attiah with backpay and benefits, finding her termination violated the Post Guild’s collective bargaining agreement; Attiah argued she was doing her job as an opinion journalist, and her firing followed social-media posts after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The Post said it respects the arbitration process but declined to comment further, while the guild contended the firing was pretextual and punished speech within her duties; Attiah was the Post’s last full-time Black opinion columnist.