New: I sat down with @aljazeera.com to talk about my firing from the Washington Post, being the last Black staff columnist left at the Post. And how I believe the right is not just engaging in “cancel culture”, but “annihilation culture”. Full video here: youtu.be/89qMGkK3LBc?...

Is it just us, or has every day this year felt like a bad Halloween experience: all tricks, no treats💀 We're trying to change that, serving nothing but treats of knowledge📚 If you'd like to treat us, every contribution helps build a freer, smarter future: www.resistancesummerschool.com/donate

I say amen sister as I read this Q&A with @karenattiah.bsky.social. “Objectivity, in my opinion, tends to all too often be a shield for ignoring information and perspectives that are inconvenient.” — Karen Attiah objectivejournalism.org/2025/10/qa-k...

@resistanceschool.bsky.social is an amazing follow and should be highly recommended to anyone choosing to be on the right side of history. 📚 #Resistance #Knowledge #Edcuation #Dialogue #Solidarity #Classroom #Community #Networking #Humanity #Truth #Commitment🫶🏻

@resistanceschool.bsky.social 102 tonight was a conversation between Jason Stanley and @karenattiah.bsky.social. Going to be thinking about this class for a long time. The tension between leaving and staying, institutions and how they’re compromised, the necessity of trust. The power of the public.

They canceled my work on race and media. So I built a @resistanceschool.bsky.social instead. Now we are teaching over 600 students. Week 2 of Race, Media and International Affairs starts today. We move ✊🏾💪🏾

If you ever had an urge to take your anger in a positive direction, this is one way to do it and one of the better ones. You can what to do and how to do it/get started, from someone who is there right now and has paid a cost for it more than once.

This is late but you can attend @karenattiah.bsky.social class on race and media from the comfort of your own computer via her online offering. Great opportunity! Sign up for this semester has ended but keep it in mind for next time!! You can also support this work monetarily via the website as well

Behind the scenes of rehearsal for the fall session of Race, Media and International Affairs, for @resistanceschool.bsky.social ! We still have spots left: www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

Link to register still open 👀👀👀

It is clear that mainstream institutions and media organizations are running away from their mandates to talk about race, society and power. I decided to build @resistanceschool.bsky.social as a way to work around the cowardice and censorship. www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

Sharpen those pencils! 🤓

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post. I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing. Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner. karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

This is part of the reason I started @resistanceschool.bsky.social .. not only to get around the political repression around teaching about race. But also to be free of AI colonization. We need to get back to the essence of learning together in groups. With other humans!

Proud to be represented by @katiephang.bsky.social !!!

Some news.

Yes! @resistanceschool.bsky.social funded over 40 scholarships for the first cohort, through people paying at the higher tiers and donations! People can contribute here: www.resistancesummerschool.com/donate

I'll teach for seven weeks about the intersection of race and mass media development. This is the course I taught at Columbia University before it was cancelled. The course includes guest lectures and chances to connect/network with brilliant minds! www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...

I learned so much in 101 and can’t wait for 102. So many different people with different sets of knowledge and experience of the world coming together. And the guests speakers! Sign up, join us, learn, resist.

The Washington Post Fired Karen Attiah, But They Only Elevated Her The Post fired Karen Attiah, its last Black opinion columnist, because she posted about America's history of coddling white violence. Well, she's got a few things to get off her chest. thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-washin...

The mighty @karenattiah.bsky.social joins THE LEFT HOOK at 4:15 pm ET. She was fired from the Washington Post for apparently offending the Great Leader and his MAGA cult for not appropriately praising Charlie Kirk...or something. Regardless, she ain't going out quietly. Thelefthook.substack.com

I can categorically say I was NOT fired from the Washington Post for characterizing Kirk’s views on Black women. I’ll share the real reasons. Post coming soon.

Gave me chills. This is amazing.

In the deserved uproar over Kimmel's suspension, don't forget WaPo & Bezos's gutless firing of the last Black columnist on their Opinions team. I've been following Karen since her bravery over Jamal Kashoggi's death and she walks the walk that so many of us are afraid to.

Happening now: @karenattiah.bsky.social in conversation with Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained for over 100 days in a Louisiana immigration jail after being arrested without a warrant.

This is how the #1stamendment and a free press are supposed to operate. Thank you @karenattiah.bsky.social for your years of service and we can not wait to see every wonderful thing you do next. #freespeech #democracy

This is how it’s supposed to be.

And now, @washingtonpost.com has fired me, the last Black staff columnist left. All for doing my job — condemning political violence, critiquing empty rhetoric and noting America’s tolerance for violence and hatred coming from white men. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

This was my last political commentary for the @washingtonpost.com Critiquing our desire for Barack Obama to be a messiah. Today he’s coming to my (digital) rescue after WaPo fired me. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

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Last night, a judge ordered recently-released Palestinian activist and former @columbiasipa.bsky.social student Mahmoud Khalil deported Tonight at 6 at Busboys and Poets, I’ll be the first to speak with Khalil since the ruling. We will talk about Columbia, cancellation, and free speech.

Support #KarenAttiah work. #ResistanceSchool #Race #Media #InternationalAffairs #Education #Truth #History

They want to silence Karen Attiah’s voice? Then I’m going to listen to her even harder. Knowledge is power. As media outlets across the U.S. rush to push out Black and brown truth-tellers, we need the history, context, and perspectives this regime tries to suppress. I’m signed up. Please join us!

Follow, share, and amplify voices of resistance.✊🏼💪🏾

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"For those who wish to support me, please do sign up to join the fall session of Race, Media and International Affairs 101+102 — a series of lectures and conversations with prominent guest speakers — before the Sept. 19 registration deadline. Signed up 🫡

I took 101 this summer and it was a stellar course, with lots of great insights, readings, & guest speakers. I am signed up for 102 this fall and recommend the class to all! We can’t let truth and free thinking be silenced. @karenattiah.bsky.social won’t be silenced. I won’t. You shouldn’t either.

Learn something!

The Washington Post notified Karen Attiah—the paper's only full-time Black columnist—she was fired for her remarks about "white men" after posting about Charlie Kirk's killing, according to the termination letter obtained by @status.news www.status.news/p/karen-atti...

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Today’s #mustread

It's a v. good course, recommend

Course deadline for @karenattiah.bsky.social is September 19th.

Angry that @washingtonpost.com fired Karen? Me too! Support her work by registering for a course through @resistanceschool.bsky.social . I took 101 over the summer & I'm taking 102 this fall. Onward!

I took this class this summer and hope to enroll in the fall course. It was amazing, informative and I learned so much. I recommend taking this course and Karen Attiah was/is an excellent professor and writer. I’m so sad that this happened to her ..

Oliver Darcy has obtained the termination letter sent to Karen Attiah by the Washington Posts’s HR chief. The letter specifically mentions her postings about “white men” violating Washington Post policy. Oliver’s Newsletter: bit.ly/4me42St Karen’s Substack Statement: bit.ly/3VOZTcO

Looks like a great class. If you're at all interested in the topic & want to support a media worker fired for free speech, sign up & pass the word to a friend.

If you want to understand how America got here, you need to sign up for this class:

Support this amazing woman. Her voice is needed.