The Washington Post’s Shame: Standing with Karen Attiah Against Racism and Hypocrisy
Karen Attiah’s Firing: A Cowardly Capitulation On September 12, 2025, The Washington Post fired Karen Attiah, its last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist. The excuse? Her social media reflections after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In reality, her termination was not about “journalistic standards” but about appeasing the same right-wing hysteria that Karen had spent years exposing. She was accused of “gross misconduct” for daring to point out America’s double standard: that violence against Democrats is shrugged off, while even a failure to mourn a white conservative leader is treated as a scandal. Attiah’s alleged sin was refusing to perform…