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Jonathan Okamura: Chinatown Is A Cultural Showcase But Doesn’t Typify The Chinese Experience In Hawaii Jonathan Okamura/Civil Beat/2024

Jonathan Okamura: Chinatown Is A Cultural Showcase But Doesn’t Typify The Chinese Experience In Hawaii

While many recent Chinese immigrants work in Chinatown, the real center of gravity for Hawaii’s long-time Chinese community can be found a few blocks away on King Street.

Ben Lowenthal: We Need Housing, But Not At The Expense Of Local Culture And History David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Ben Lowenthal: We Need Housing, But Not At The Expense Of Local Culture And History

Plans for converting Honolulu’s Bethel Block into affordable housing won’t make a dent in the shortage any time soon.

Neal Milner: The 2024 Presidential Campaign Is A Terrible Way To Learn What It Means To Be Old Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2023

Neal Milner: The 2024 Presidential Campaign Is A Terrible Way To Learn What It Means To Be Old

Whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump wins, elderly people will suffer collateral damage as talk of their occasional stumbles reinforces unfair stereotypes.

Naka Nathaniel: Really? Happier On The Mainland? Naka Nathaniel/Civil Beat/2023

Naka Nathaniel: Really? Happier On The Mainland?

People with long-standing ties to Hawaii are being pushed away. We seem close to the threshold of becoming a place where only the wealthy thrive.

Russell Ruderman: Half The Country Can’t Be Wrong. It’s Time For Hawaii To Legalize Marijuana Anthony Quintano/Civil Beat

Russell Ruderman: Half The Country Can’t Be Wrong. It’s Time For Hawaii To Legalize Marijuana

Where cannabis has been legalized, life goes on just fine, without major problems.

Denby Fawcett: Hidden Fees Are Adding Up, But Banning Them May Just Mean Higher Prices Getty Images/iStockphoto

Denby Fawcett: Hidden Fees Are Adding Up, But Banning Them May Just Mean Higher Prices

Extra charges are being tacked on everything from restaurant bills to concert tickets. A bill requiring that they be disclosed upfront is being considered by the Senate.

Beth Fukumoto: A Bipartisan Spirit Continues To Elude Hawaii’s GOP Legislators Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Beth Fukumoto: A Bipartisan Spirit Continues To Elude Hawaii’s GOP Legislators

It鈥檚 hard to encourage cooperation across the aisle when you鈥檙e championing many of the same issues that are tearing the country apart.

John Hill: Perplexing Questions That Demand Answers In The Wahiawa Child Abuse Death David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

John Hill: Perplexing Questions That Demand Answers In The Wahiawa Child Abuse Death

The only way to prevent this horror from being repeated is by publicly dissecting exactly what went wrong.

Danny De Gracia: We Need To Start Talking About Threats To Hawaii’s Security U.S. Navy, Keith DeVinney

Danny De Gracia: We Need To Start Talking About Threats To Hawaii’s Security

Policymakers and academics need to start discussing what we can do to prepare for the possibility of a major war that reaches our shores.

Jonathan Okamura: Remembering Kekuni Blaisdell For His Aloha To Others Provided by Jonathan Okamura

Jonathan Okamura: Remembering Kekuni Blaisdell For His Aloha To Others

Blaisdell staunchly advocated for the health needs of Native Hawaiians and was an early and strong supporter of their independence.