The right to speak freely is the ultimate personal liberty and the foundation of Karen’s 11-year career at The Post. We’re proud to call Karen a colleague and a longtime union sibling. The Post Guild stands with her and will continue to support her and defend her rights.

The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.

Ohhhh I’ve had my suspicions for a long time (separate conversation 🫢) and this describes Jim so well from my experience

Imagine watching baseball and the NFL and saying “nope, not racist enough”

He should write a letter to Josh Harris about it, maybe with one of his cool drawings, and end it with “May every day be another wonderful secret”

Reminded of the pronounced shift away from demanding that a Great White Hope rescue the heavyweight title from Jack Johnson, and from calling Ali Cassius Clay for seven more years, and from calling Smith and Carlos “Black skinned storm troopers”

That must have been that renowned American left-wing media covering Jack Johnson and Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali and Tommie Smith and John Carlos