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Luke Evslin: Can We Grow Our Economy, Not Our Population? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Luke Evslin: Can We Grow Our Economy, Not Our Population?

Hawaii’s economy has been based on growth for a long time. Now that needs to change.

Eradication Plan Won’t Kill Just Rodents And Mongooses Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Eradication Plan Won’t Kill Just Rodents And Mongooses

The poison that the state plans to spread could become part of Hawaii’s food chain, soil and water.

It’s Time To Take Away The Police Commission’s Rubber Stamp Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2016

It’s Time To Take Away The Police Commission’s Rubber Stamp

The Honolulu Police Commission’s job review of HPD Chief Louis Kealoha is an embarrassing whitewash.

Ian Lind: The Dung Sisters’ Family Feud Gets Out Of Control Screenshot

Ian Lind: The Dung Sisters’ Family Feud Gets Out Of Control

The use of social media as public leverage in a messy legal dispute can backfire.

Why I’m Against the NRA’s Tortured Logic Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Why I’m Against the NRA’s Tortured Logic

Kauai’s police chief discusses keeping our communities safe from violence.

Fundraising Companies Sometimes Take Huge Share Of Charitable Gifts Flickr: Images_of_Money

Fundraising Companies Sometimes Take Huge Share Of Charitable Gifts

Does the charity you think you’re giving to actually receive only a fraction of the donation? There are ways to find out.

Who Deserves Your Charity? This Might Help You Decide Flickr.com

Who Deserves Your Charity? This Might Help You Decide

Here’s where you can go to find out what nonprofits are paying their top executives — but don’t consider all high salaries to be unreasonable.

Forget The Hitler Comparison, Trump Is Reincarnation Of Mussolini Marion Doss/Flickr.com

Forget The Hitler Comparison, Trump Is Reincarnation Of Mussolini

With nationalistic appeals to the angry and uneducated, Trump on the campaign trail is channeling the war-era Italian dictator.

Denby Fawcett: How Many Sexual Abuse Victims Still Suffer In Silence? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Denby Fawcett: How Many Sexual Abuse Victims Still Suffer In Silence?

Hawaii’s culture of shame may be preventing many from suing Catholic priests, even as the deadline for doing so fast approaches.

 

Reader Rep: Sources Say This Column Is Great! Flicker.com/AJ Cann

Reader Rep: Sources Say This Column Is Great!

More often than not, using anonymous sources is a bad practice for journalists.