Again, thank you to everyone for your support.

Forward ever, backward never! We move! ✊🏾

Anyway, I refuse to be silenced. Washington Post can fire me, but, my pen and my voice will only get sharper from here.

Also, I will be writing on Substack-- please consider subscribing, and supporting my writing and video work there.

karenattiah.substack.com

Here's how to support my work:

I'll be teaching a version of my Columbia class on Race, Media and International Affairs 101 and 102 next month for @resistanceschool.bsky.social.

The course is online/ hybrid. Deadline is Sept. 19th! Sign up!

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And yes, I was the last Black full-time columnist in the Opinion section.

Washington Post -- operating in a city which for a long time has been majority Black, is now without any full-time Black opinion writers.

Now I am being silenced by the Washington Post for -- *checks notes*

Lamenting America's acceptance of apathy towards political violence and gun deaths-- especially when the violence is encouraged and carried out by white men.

I hired Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2017, and worked with him closely until he was murdered by the Saudi regime in Istanbul -- simply for expressing himself.

I put my safety on the line for years to push publicly for justice and accountability in his murder.

www.npr.org/2018/10/18/6...

I am perhaps most proud of starting Washington Post's Global Opinions section.

As its founding editor, I helped build a journalistic home for diverse writers from around the world, many of them censored for their views in their countries.

www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2016/0...

I have always believed in using the pen to remember the forgotten, question power, shine light in darkness, and defend democracy.

I've always believed in using the pen to help people in need, and to assist the most marginalized.

I've never strayed from these values.

First of all, a big thank you all my readers, colleagues, and even critics for your support and readership.

I am proud of the work I I have done for the Washington Post, and in journalism.