Alabama prisoners dying at a rate four times the national average
Fewer people died inside the prisons than in 2023, when prisoners were five times as likely to die as the national average.
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See recent postsThe modern medical equivalent to bleeding
That licensed physicians would spread the kind of misinformation they have is unforgivable.
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See recent postsPut blame for the COVID surge where it belongs
We’re not really a very “common sense” state. We’re suckers for misinformation.
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See recent postsGerrymandering prevents the one thing that could save us: Compromise
You’re going to want to sit down for this one: Alabama’s legislative districts were drawn with the intent of lessening the impact of minority voters. I know, I know. Shocking. Right? I mean, here I thought it was just our schools and our courts and our statues and our social programs and our law enforcement … Continued
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See recent postsAn exclusive interview with me
I’m in my 45th year as a professional journalist. During that time, I’ve written sports, covered government meetings, been an investigative reporter, and written opinion. I’ve written opinion only for more than 30 of those years. For the past four years, I’ve written a weekly column for Alabama Political Reporter, and it’s been a lot … Continued
APR welcomes a new reporter
Eddie Burkhalter moved to Alabama from his home state of Georgia in 2001. While studying social work at Jacksonville State University, he took a job at a local weekly newspaper and a few years later moved on to that company’s daily, The Anniston Star. He spent almost a decade at The Star, covering education, business, … Continued
June 24, 2019
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See recent postsBrandy Ayers stole “normal” from the women he abused
Shortly after the Anniston Star posted a story that Washington Post Executive Editor Martin “Marty” Baron was coming to Anniston to deliver the annual Ayers Lecture, the rumblings started. On the surface, it appeared to be an insult to the many women, including my wife, Veronica, who were abused by H. Brandt Ayers, former publisher … Continued
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See recent postsExposing Spanky and the gang
By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter When my wife, Veronica, publicly told about the brutal spanking she endured from former Anniston Star Publisher H. Brandt Ayers in the Star newsroom in 1975, I didn’t realize how the story would spread nationally and internationally. I knew it would be big in Alabama; I just didn’t realize … Continued
Former Anniston Star reporters say paper’s former publisher and current chairman sexually assaulted them
By Eddie Burkhalter Special to the Alabama Political Reporter As news articles broke throughout 2017 of men and women coming forward, sometimes decades afterward, to say they’d been sexually assaulted and harassed, former Anniston Star reporters took notice. Some of these former female Star reporters say H. Brandt Ayers, the paper’s former publisher and current … Continued
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See recent postsJournalist Eddie Burkhalter’s principles are intact; the Anniston Star’s, not so much
By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Journalist Eddie Burkhalter did what few in our business will ever do. Burkhalter quit his job on at The Anniston Star in November on principle because the newspaper wouldn’t allow him to pursue a story about allegations that former Star Publisher H. Brandt Ayers spanked some of his women … Continued