The Japanese vote is highly sought by non-Japanese candidates in the Aloha State.

Politicians in the islands frequently put their middle or maiden names on the ballot to emphasize their connection to ethnic communities and garner votes.

While we need to move beyond notions of racialized occupations, it's even more important to welcome COFA residents into the job market.

In video interviews, the Asian and Pacific Islander students talk about the many challenges they face in Hawaii, the pain of leaving their homes and what they plan to give back to their communities.

Maybe lawmakers shouldn’t brag about funding new football fields when schools can’t hire enough qualified teachers.

An undeserved but widely held reputation can blind us to the racism and inequality in the islands.

Micronesian women face the highest pay gap, while Korean women in Hawaii earn a much closer salary to that of their male counterparts.

Almost 80 teachers came last year, and 100 more will arrive this year but there's still a deficit the Legislature needs to solve.

Graduation is an especially meaningful event for minority students who may be the first in their family to earn a college degree.

Racial divisions on the mainland increased in the wake of the O.J. Simpson trial in 1995. In Hawaii, a racially charged murder case in the 1930s had the opposite effect.