#karenattiah — Public Fediverse posts

"They Threw Me to the Wolves": Karen Attiah on Censorship Under Trump, Winning Her WaPo Job Back http://www.democracynow.org/2026/8/26/they_threw_me_to_the_wolves #uspoli #censorship #WashingtonPost #FreePress #jounralism #KarenAttiah #fascism #TrumpRegime

"Karen Attiah Is Ready to Go Back to the Washington Post"

https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/karen-attiah-is-ready-to-go-back-to-the-washington-post-guild-arbitration-termination-charlie-kirk-bluesky-social-media.php

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It doesn’t bring back the last year of my life,” Attiah said. “But it’s just proof that with solidarity, with unions, with a bit of grit and a bit of patience, that these fights are worth having.”

#USPol #Journalism #WashingtonPost #KarenAttiah #Unions #Resist

Update. Professors fired for criticizing -- or even quoting -- #CharlieKirk are being vindicated. Very glad to see the same vindication for #KarenAttiah (@karenattiah), columnist at the Washington Post.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/business/washington-post-karen-attiah.html

#Censorship #USPol #USPolitics #WashPo

https://www.europesays.com/people/200199/ WaPo Ordered to Rehire Karen Attiah, Fired After Charlie Kirk Posts #basis #CharlieKirkPosts #Columnist #company #ConservativeActivistCharlieKirk #gender #grievant #individual #JeffBezos #KarenAttiah #killing #Race #ruling #TerminationLetter #WashingtonPost #WhiteMan

Arbitrator Orders Washington Post To Reinstate Columnist Karen Attiah
#News #Politics #ElectionLine #KarenAttiah #PostNewsGuild #TheWashingtonPost

https://deadline.com/2026/08/karen-attiah-washington-post-reinstatement-1237048775/

I'm happy for Karen Attiah and grateful to her for sticking up for what's right at great personal cost.
There are a lot of positive lessons to draw from this. One of the most important is that this is why we need labor unions, and this is why the fascists are so desperate to destroy and disempower them.
#KarenAttiah #WashingtonPost #journalism #unions
Arbitrator orders Washington Post to reinstate Karen Attiah with full back pay and benefits
https://www.democracydefendersfund.org/news/karen-attiah-secures-landmark-first-amendment-victory/

‘The Post’s unlawful action against Ms. Attiah must, moreover, be viewed in the context of the intimidation campaign President Trump and his Administration have waged to silence those who criticize him ….’

Grateful for @karenattiah’s decision to take her ex-employer to court.

https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-accused-me-of

#journalism #ProtectFreeSpeech #KarenAttiah #DemocracyDefendersFund #NewsGuild #union #unionStrong #solidarity #WashingtonPost

Another link with more information, including her Bluesky posts so you can read them for yourself:

https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but

#USPol #Media #Journalism #FreeSpeech #KarenAttiah #WashingtonPost #Resist

While fighting for Kimmel, please don't forget others who've been punished for speaking truth to power. Karen Attiah was fired from The Washington Post for her posts on Bluesky.

"Why Washington Post fired me - Read the official termination letter for yourself"

https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/why-washington-post-fired-me

I cancelled my WaPo subscription last year, but for those who still subscribe, why? You could spend your media dollars elsewhere!

#USPol #Media #Journalism #FreeSpeech #KarenAttiah #WashingtonPost #Resist

We’ve already seen this government force the suppression of voices it doesn’t like.

Now Red Don and his minions are imposing prior restraint on the #press.

We’re about 2 minutes away from a reich-wing crackdown on all opposing voices, the disappearing of resistance figures, and the forcible re-education of dissenters.

All with the collaboration of those in the #law and in #media who may once have been able to put a halt to this #fascist blitzkrieg.

Now it’s up to the rest of us to #rise: #Protest. #Vote. #Resist.

#Amerika #impeach47 #Ω #donotcomply #Colbert #Kimmel #KarenAttiah #MatthewDowd #youarenext

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g-s1-89713/pentagon-new-strict-guidelines-for-media

Paul Krugman’s chat with Karen Attiah reveals hidden struggles behind her firing as the Washington Post’s last full-time Black opinion editor. Attiah exposes the rising dangers to press freedom, the limits on dissent, and her fight to amplify marginalized voices worldwide. Dive into this urgent conversation on journalistic courage and resilience: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/karen-attiah #PaulKrugman #KarenAttiah #journalism #mediafreedom

„The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.“

https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but

#KarenAttiah #usa #fascism #freedom #freedomofspeech #washingtonpost #jeffbezos #amazon

Karen Attiah, an award-winning journalist, was reportedly fired from The Washington Post for a series of Bluesky posts in the aftermath of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk’s death. #WashingtonPost #KarenAttiah #censorship https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0917/charlie-kirk-killing-karen-attiah-free-speech

Washington Post columnist says she was fired over her ‘unacceptable’ Charlie Kirk social media posts

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/washington-post-fired-charlie-kirk-karen-attiah-b2826734.html

‘The Post accused my measured Bluesky posts of being ‘unacceptable’, ‘gross misconduct’ and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues — charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false,’ Karen Attiah wrote Monday

#KarenAttiah #WashingtonPost #CharlieKirk #TylerRobinson

Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom in the US is expected. Here, it’s baffling

Karen Attiah had been a columnist for The Washington Post and its global opinions editor for over a…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #andrewhastie #assassination #AU #Australia #CharlieKirk #JamesPaterson #JDVance #KarenAttiah #Media #RichardMarles #the-washington-post
https://www.newsbeep.com/125726/

"Democracy dies in darkness" indeed. Shame on the #WashingtonPost for firing #KarenAttiah, their last remaining #Black full-time opinion columnist.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/15/karen-attiah-fired-washington-post-charlie-kirk

#BlackMastodon #CharlieKirk

Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/business/media/washington-post-charlie-kirk-karen-attiah.html

Washington Post Columnist Karen Attiah Said She Was Fired Over Her Social Media Comments In Aftermath Of Killing Of Charlie Kirk
#News #Politics #CharlieKirk #ElectionLine #KarenAttiah #TheWashingtonPost

https://deadline.com/2025/09/karen-attiah-washington-post-fired-charlie-kirk-1236544350/

@karenattiah.bsky.social Die #USA sind unter #Trump auf einem rasanten Weg in den #Faschismus.

Und #Bezos als Eigentümer der #WashingtonPost scheint seine Rolle als #Hugenberg gefunden zu haben.

Hoffen wir, dass #KarenAttiah weiter schreibt und weiter Gehör findet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tosmnFJv7v0

#AliVelshi

GUESTS:

#KarenAttiah, The Golden Hour
#JasonStanley, author of #ErasingHistory', "How Fascism Works'

The MAGA Scare: Trump's attacks on #freespeech won't stop at uni students

#FascistUSA #Fascism #FarRight #SupportStudentsAndFaultyFreeSpeech

#ProtectStudentsAndFaculty

#ProtectAcademicFreedom

"Indeed, the Titanic — and, now, the submersible — might be a reminder that the deep ocean is the only resource-rich realm on Earth with the power to keep White men from exploiting it.

There’s a reason many of us Black folk struggle to understand why many White, wealthy folk participate in extreme, death-defying experiences and pay (often lots of money) to experience smallness and powerlessness. It’s a romanticism of peril, of death, as a way to appreciate life — in other words, a privilege. For the poor and the marginalized, the threat of social obsolescence and powerlessness is a lived, everyday reality. No need to pay for the, er, thrill."
- #KarenAttiah

#WashingtonPost #WAPO

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/23/titanic-submersible-death-oceangate/

Karen Attiah: Here’s what I think of Mike Pompeo’s craven smearing of Jamal Khashoggi

"After more than four years of living with the trauma of Jamal’s killing, and the callousness of both the Trump and the Biden administrations in their policies toward Saudi Arabia in the wake of his murder, I thought I had seen it all. But Pompeo has shown what it looks like when rock bottom has a trap door. Attacking a murder victim’s reputation to hawk books is as laughably pathetic as it is craven."

#jamalkhashoggi #mikepompeo #KarenAttiah #MBS #saudiarabia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/27/mike-pompeo-book-jamal-khashoggi/

Karen Attiah: Florida is offering an advanced lesson in anti-Blackness

"There’s that saying that goes, 'White privilege is when your history is the core curriculum, and mine is an elective.' Well, to Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Black history isn’t even worthy of that bare minimum."

"This day and age, it ought to be no question that African American studies deserves AP treatment. It’s crucial for all students to have access to this history and this knowledge and for scholars in the field to have an opportunity to reach younger generations."

#DeSantis #racism #florida
Free (gift) article from #WaPo #whiteprivilege #AdvancedPlacement #education #KarenAttiah
https://wapo.st/3Htp3HC

Karen Attiah: Yes, race matters when we talk about #NFL injuries

"Considering that nearly 70 percent of the NFL’s players are Black, the Hamlin episode is a reminder that almost every weekend, Americans tune in to watch mostly Black men bash into one another for the profit of White team owners. This is also a league that once denied financial support to retired Black players suffering from play-related cognitive deficits …"

#football #racism #KarenAttiah
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/06/damar-hamlin-football-cardiac-arrest-black-players/