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WaPo has been ordered to rehire Karen Attiah, who was fired for posts about white men following Charlie Kirk's killing

Columnist Karen Attiah was wrongly fired by Jeff Bezos' The Washington Post, an arbitrator said. Julia Reinhart/Getty Images; Chesnot/Getty Images The Washington Post must rehire fired columnist Karen Attiah, an independent arbitrator said. Attiah was dismissed after comments she made in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's killing. Firing Attiah was an "absolutely disproportional" punishment, the ruling said. Karen Attiah is returning to The Washington Post in dramatic fashion....