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Forty years on, the saga of Kahoolawe highlights the long struggle to defend the Hawaiian way.

These five big issues would be well-served by state leaders with the vision and guts to do right by citizens rather than special interests.

Hawaii is in the process of regulating commercial cultivation of marijuana for medical use.

The Blue Planet Foundation takes note of the continuing movement toward clean energy that played out this past year.

Drink more champagne. Learn to say ‘No.’

This past year involved some extraordinary efforts by Civil Beat journalists to expose and explain some of the most important issues we face in Hawaii.

Protests over using the island as a military bombing range galvanized the modern Hawaiian movement.

A finalist in Civil Beat’s Emerging Writers contest takes issue with reaching out to “millennials”

Funders, community leaders and supporters are increasingly asking nonprofits to prove their effectiveness.

Medicare doesn’t do it, and Medicaid does it only for the indigent. Maybe it’s time for state government to provide help for people as they age.