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Mr Ayers publishes the The Anniston Star. "The Star gained a reputation as one of the few liberal-minded Southern newspapers. It was nicknamed "The Red Star" by George Wallace, because of its support of school integration — one of the few Southern newspapers to take such a stance." (wiki)
Mr Ayers new book "In Love With Defeat: The Making of a Southern Liberal" is getting great reviews on Amazon
""Clear eyed and perceptive, grounded in community and global in outlook, Brandt Ayers has spent a brave lifetime of commentary calling his beloved South to redemption. Now, summarizing that lifetime as a family newspaperman in Anniston, Alabama, Ayers eloquently insists that the road, though rocky, has been up, and that South and nation are more nearly one than at any time since the founding of the Republic." -Hodding Carter III, Professor of Leadership and Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"
Considering what is happening in NC these days (at the capital and elsewhere), Mr Ayers deserves a listen, and maybe some good questions too. Reddit of Asheville: meet an ancestor of r/localpolitics.