Yes I will be fighting back against the unjust firing by @washingtonpost.com. I have filed a grievance and will be represented by none other than the amazing @katiephang.bsky.social and an incredible legal team. Journalistic freedom is a bedrock of a healthy society and is worth battling for.

Here's the full letter: "She did precisely the job you hired her to do as an opinion writer and acted fully in compliance with The Post’s own social media policy."

scoop: Karen Attiah, The Washington Post opinion writer fired by The Post earlier this month over social-media posts related to Charlie Kirk's death, has responded with a four-page letter, saying she was wrongfully terminated. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/b...

An incredible ode to an incredible city. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

my word nymag.com/intelligence...

Breaking news: Thirty-one journalists were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a newspaper complex in Yemen last week, according to a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. They say it was “the deadliest strike on journalists in the Middle East.”

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

"Vaccines are safe. They are life-saving, and I would encourage any parent who is concerned about whether or not their child should get a vaccine to talk to their pediatrician to understand the benefits of these life-saving medical products..." — Former CDC director Susan Monarez

Well, Kennedy is going to change the childhood vaccine schedule despite a promise not to—this month, ousted CDC head Susan Monarez says. Kennedy also wanted her to meet with his anti-vaccine lawyer friend, Aaron Siri, the guy who petitioned to revoke the polio vaccine. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

"I urge every government, every leader and every citizen to ask: What will we say when our children and grandchildren ask what we did while Gaza was burned to the ground? Every act of genocide is a test of the humanity that binds us." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Statement from @postguild.bsky.social on the firing of Karen Attiah:

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.

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

“It will take decades to recover from this, if we ever do.” America’s cancer research system, which has helped save millions of lives and is in one of its most productive moments, is under threat by the Trump administration.

Wrote about the week. How the shooter's ID didn't appear to matter to ppl. How the discourse takes place in very same spaces that incubate/perpetuate hate & violence. How shooters now know that their acts will be flattened, analyzed, argued over & amplified. How all of this feels so dark & poisonous

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

This thread & responses are so funny -- they've inspired a story for the @washingtonpost.com Have you found anything wild or noteworthy in your kid's room? Send me a reply or email [email protected] if you're open to chatting. ty in advance!

All this suggests is that the shooter wants people to believe they're a far-left ideologue. Maybe they are; without more evidence, we don't know. But a far-right "accelerationist" wanting civil war, more hatred, more violence would do the exact same thing.

As scary as this moment is, remember that support for political violence went DOWN after the July 2024 assassination attempt against Trump, not up www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... We need to make the same thing happen this time.

By the way, you don't have to watch murder videos, and there is a real cost to all the "brutal voyeurism" the internet inflicts on us, as I wrote (and talked with @henryhenryhenry.com about) in 2023. drewharwell.com/stories/what...

Do you have secret words or phrases with your parents or siblings that have stuck around since childhood? Many families have an intimate, group-specific dialect known among linguistic experts as “familylect” or “familect.”

This country excels at few things more than proving, again and again, how little it values the lives of its children.

Any mother in this country looks at this photograph and instantly recognizes a version of herself from her own worst nightmare. (photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii of The Star Tribune)

"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now." www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...

The precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...

New signs were up this afternoon and bands were playing

Eight armed men to take down a homemade banner. The real damage is what you don’t see. This square is ordinarily full of families, happy children running around, people reading books, playing music, and one of the city’s smallest and most affordable farmers markets.

Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces. #JournalismIsNotACrime

Always read @caseyparks.bsky.social, who reports every story with such deep perception and heart.

Really great @caitjgibson.bsky.social profile of Ms. Rachel:

I am grateful to @msrachelforlittles.bsky.social for trusting me with her story at this moment of consequence, as she advocates for the children of Gaza and follows in the footsteps of her own childhood hero, Mister Rogers. Sharing with a gift link: wapo.st/46vqYbL

Israel's military campaign in Gaza has killed 60,000 people. 18,500 were children. Here are their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

More than 18,500 children have been killed in Gaza. Today The Washington Post printed their names. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

“I don’t know what to say anymore. How many innocent babies like Zeinab should be starved to death so the world wakes up?” www.cnn.com/2025/07/26/m...

After 4 months of a near-total Israeli siege, Gaza’s hospitals now have wards for the malnourished children whose tiny bodies are just the width of their bones. Aid groups had warned of this for more than a year. Now a worst case scenario is upon us. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.

Sligo Creek in Silver Spring near Colesville Rd. Never seen it this high.

Globally, roughly a third more power is being generated from the sun this spring than last. If this exponential rate of growth can continue, we will soon live in a very different world, @billmckibben.bsky.social‬ writes.

I wish I had even a fraction of the sheer drive, speed and efficiency consistently demonstrated by the mosquitos in my yard. like what they can accomplish in the mere 10 seconds it takes me to refill a bird bath -- that's a level of accomplishment I'll simply never know

News: CBS is canceling Stephen Colbert. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

@monicahesse.bsky.social is so brilliant. This column - about the soulfulness of a lost poet, and the soullessness of a lewd AI chatbot, and the very meaning of humanity - is no exception. Sharing with a gift link: wapo.st/4lUWOmx

"We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network," writes @andreapitzer.bsky.social. Really important piece. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.

Among other things, Texas campers lost beloved stuffed animals in the catastrophic floods. The Lost Stuffy Project is trying to replace the treasured toys, blankets and other comfort items that were carried away by the raging Guadalupe River.

Holy shit, this story by @johnwoodrowcox.bsky.social. Told with such sensitivity and harrowing, vivid detail. Incredible account of an unfathomable nightmare. wapo.st/44pck4q