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Why Early Civics Education Matters

Why Early Civics Education Matters

Understanding our government is important for everybody, and the lessons can’t wait until high school.

Living In Paradise Includes Living With Crime Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Living In Paradise Includes Living With Crime

There’s a darkness hiding amid our white sands and green scenery.

The Soul-Crushing Experience Of City Crosswalks Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

The Soul-Crushing Experience Of City Crosswalks

Many drivers seem to think that because they’re in vehicles, their destinations are more important than those of pedestrians.

Finding Grandma In Cambodia, And Finding Home

Finding Grandma In Cambodia, And Finding Home

To know your past is to know who you are now and the person you want to become tomorrow.

There Are Limits To The Ocean’s Bounty Flickr: Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument

There Are Limits To The Ocean’s Bounty

Blessed to live in the most remote island chain on the planet, we also have an obligation to care for it.

Tattoos Are A Permanent Thing And That’s OK Flickr: Naughty Bear

Tattoos Are A Permanent Thing And That’s OK

It’s cultural, it’s art, it’s free expression and millennials and Gen Xers love them.

A Progressive’s Perspective On The 2019 Legislature Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2018

A Progressive’s Perspective On The 2019 Legislature

It’s time for a living wage, initiative and referendum, and the legalization of cannabis — and that’s just for starters.

Kavanaugh Confirmation Was All About Dog Whistles Flickr: chose trend

Kavanaugh Confirmation Was All About Dog Whistles

The Supreme Court nominee denounced Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations to appeal to Trump’s voter base.

The Disturbing Nature Of The Court Ruling On Mauna Kea Cory Lum/Civil Beat

The Disturbing Nature Of The Court Ruling On Mauna Kea

The finding of no spiritual relation to the site simply ignored evidence to the contrary.

My Visit With George H. W. Bush Flickr: George W. Bush Presidential Center

My Visit With George H. W. Bush

A Hawaii Democrat fondly recalls meeting the president-elect the day before his inauguration.