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Debunking Micronesian Stereotypes In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Debunking Micronesian Stereotypes In Hawaii

Educate yourself and others on misperceptions that fuel hostility toward this often misunderstood migrant group.

Placing Debt, Drugs, Weapons And Sex Into Context Flickr: Sean MacEntee

Placing Debt, Drugs, Weapons And Sex Into Context

Recent history helps explain how we got to where we are with the normalization of Trump — even in Hawaii.

Solitary Confinement Worsens Mental Health Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Solitary Confinement Worsens Mental Health

Hawaii has a window of opportunity for moving toward a rehabilitative approach to incarceration.

Seawalls May Protect Property But They Destroy Beaches Mike Foley

Seawalls May Protect Property But They Destroy Beaches

The county and state approaches to shoreline management are aligning in a regime of rising sea levels.

A Step Back On Bigeye Tuna For Hawaii Allen Shimada/NMFS/2015

A Step Back On Bigeye Tuna For Hawaii

The fisheries commission’s decision to raise the catch quota could lead to future overfishing and depletion.

Tom Yamachika: What’s At Stake In A Hawaii Con Con Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: What’s At Stake In A Hawaii Con Con

Voters should think hard about whether the sweeping changes in our society merit a review and update of the state constitution.

Why A Constitutional Convention Is Unnecessary Civil Beat

Why A Constitutional Convention Is Unnecessary

The basic constitutional contours of Hawaii are already pretty well defined.

Family, Familiar Faces And Faith At Christmastime Carolyn Ayon Lee

Family, Familiar Faces And Faith At Christmastime

A holiday concert in Hilo rouses bittersweet yet comforting memories.

Pitching Politics To Increasingly Polarized Independents Flickr: Gage Skidmore

Pitching Politics To Increasingly Polarized Independents

They are moving away from the center. What does that mean for Hawaii?

It’s Advent — What Are DC Republicans Bringing To The Manger? Cory Lum/Civil Beat

It’s Advent — What Are DC Republicans Bringing To The Manger?

Congress and President Trump are giving birth to a “moral abomination” dressed up as a “tax cut and jobs” bill.