Washington Post columnist says she was fired over Charlie Kirk posts

Columnist Karen Attiah says she was fired by The Washington Post last week over a series of social media posts about gun control and race in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.“As a columnist, I used my voice to defend freedom and democracy, challenge power and reflect on culture and politics with honesty and conviction,” Attiah wrote in a post on Substack published Monday. “Now, I am the one being silenced — for doing my job.”In writings on the social platform Bluesky, Attiah bemoaned that America, in her view, “accepts and worships” gun violence.“I pointed to...