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Naka Nathaniel: The Agony Of Reading Real Estate Stories Screenshot/The Wall Street Journal

Naka Nathaniel: The Agony Of Reading Real Estate Stories

We need news organizations to do a better job exploring responsible travel and home ownership. 

Denby Fawcett: Why So Few People Are Getting The New Covid Shot Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2021

Denby Fawcett: Why So Few People Are Getting The New Covid Shot

Experts are worried about the lack of interest as people are still suffering from the virus and long Covid.

Chad Blair: Two Hawaii Supreme Court Justices Are Speaking Out Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Chad Blair: Two Hawaii Supreme Court Justices Are Speaking Out

Recent written comments on the U.S. Supreme Court and a speech on climate change tell us more about our state’s highest court.

Russell Ruderman: Quick Fixes Exist For Hawaii’s Housing Crisis. Let’s Make Them Happen Courtesy: Paradise Tiny Homes

Russell Ruderman: Quick Fixes Exist For Hawaii’s Housing Crisis. Let’s Make Them Happen

Tiny homes and ohana units could help provide more housing quickly. Barriers must be removed to address what is, indeed, an emergency.

John Pritchett: Game Over John Pritchett/Civil Beat/2023

John Pritchett: Game Over

Hawaii has halted a $1.86 million modernization of its business registration system due to defects, the second scrapped computer upgrade this year.

John Hill: What People Who Own Land In Lahaina Think About Its Future Nathan Eagle/Civil Beat/2023

John Hill: What People Who Own Land In Lahaina Think About Its Future

A rebuilt Lahaina will have to take into account not only societal goals and grand visions but the wishes of many individual owners.

Jonathan Okamura: The Census Shows Hawaii Is Diverse. Now We Need Equality Courtesy: Filipino Jaycees of Honolulu/2023

Jonathan Okamura: The Census Shows Hawaii Is Diverse. Now We Need Equality

Instead of bragging about Hawaii being the most racially and ethnically diverse state, we need to foster fairness, justice and equality among groups.

Catherine Toth Fox: Waikiki Outreach Center Points Homeless Youth In The Right Direction Catherine Toth Fox/Civil Beat/2023

Catherine Toth Fox: Waikiki Outreach Center Points Homeless Youth In The Right Direction

But in recent years, the youth in need have been harder to locate due to county laws and the pandemic.

Ben Lowenthal: Halloween Without Front Street Was No Halloween At All Courtesy: Bryan Berkowitz/2019

Ben Lowenthal: Halloween Without Front Street Was No Halloween At All

Although controversial, Halloween in old Lahaina town became the biggest street party on Maui, as well as the subject of lawsuits.

A Civic Creed For Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

A Civic Creed For Hawaii

What does it mean to be a good citizen in a world full of challenge and temptation?