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Former Washington Post opinion columnist Karen Attiah, center, speaks during a panel discussion about the impact of Black women in media at the Congressional Black Caucus's Annual Legislative Conference in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Brown)

As the founding global opinion editor for The Washington Post, Karen Attiah believed her job had always been about assessing world affairs in a way that elevated a diverse range of perspectives.

“I’m not just a columnist,” she recently said.

But last week, the Post’s only Black female opinion writer revealed she had been fired over posts on Bluesky about violent white men in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing that the newspaper said violated its social medi

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