Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus resigned today, accusing the paper's publisher of killing her piece on owner Jeff Bezos' overhaul of its opinion pages.

A columnist who has worked at The Washington Post for four decades resigned on Monday after she said the newspaper's management decided not to run her commentary critical of owner Jeff Bezos' new editorial policy.

Washington Post opinion editor and columnist Ruth Marcus resigned from the newspaper Monday after Chief Executive Officer Will Lewis killed a column she wrote that criticized recent changes made by Post owner Jeff Bezos.