Top Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned, accusing the paper's chief executive and publisher Will Lewis of killing her column that criticized owner Jeff Bezos's mandate to shift opinion columns to focus on libertarian sentiments.

Ruth Marcus, a longtime columnist at The Post, said its publisher refused to run her critique of the new focus for the paper’s opinion section.

Longstanding columnist for the Washington Post, Ruth Marcus, has resigned after an article criticising Jeff Bezos wasn’t run, weeks after the owner changed editorial rules on opinion pieces. View on e