Forcing the Washington Post to rehire Karen Attiah is a victory for unions, not free speech

Published August 25, 2026 10:36am ET



There’s nothing a union loves more than an incompetent worker. 

The New York Times informs us that a private arbitrator sided with the Washington-Baltimore News Guild and ordered the Washington Post to rehire opinion columnist Karen Attiah, who was fired last year over her social media posts about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

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