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My Case Against the Washington Post Goes to Arbitration This Week
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On September 11, 2025, after 11 years at the Washington Post as an editor and columnist, I was fired via email.
In the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk killing, I did what I have always done— and was expected to do — as...
Make (Anti)Fascism Fun Again
Welcome to the sunset edition of the Golden Hour. I am writing this from New York— as I was one of the poor souls stranded by the train delays and cancellations caused by this morning’s fire on the Amtrak tracks.
This week’s edition of th...
When Beautifying Your Grief Doesn't Work
It’s 5:55 pm ET. Welcome to the sunset edition of the Golden Hour.
A few weeks ago, in the aftermath of my father’s death in February, I wrote a manifesto about how his death inspired discipline.
The Golden Hour by Karen Attiah is a read...
Trump Is Not the Golden Calf. He’s King Nebuchadnezzar.
Photo of “Don Colussus” aka the newly unveiled Trump Statue at Trump’s Doral Springs golf resort. Orlando Ramirez/Getty
It’s 8:16 pm ET. Welcome to the evening sunset edition of The Golden Hour.
Today, as I watch the light of day literal...
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Aspiring Warrior Priestess. Fighting for beauty and justice in dark times. Rogue Radical Headmistress at Resistance Studies Series: resistancesummerschool.com
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Longest Serving Black White House Correspondent in History. Author, Speaker, Mother and Wife. Host of The Tea with April.
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