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Creating A Safer World, One Question At A Time Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Creating A Safer World, One Question At A Time

A philosophy program that encourages respectful listening and mindful empathy for students’ peers has profound classroom impact.

Why Some Schools Face Facility Improvement Issues Lila Lee/Civil Beat

Why Some Schools Face Facility Improvement Issues

HDOE’s lead manager for school facilities outlines challenges and responds to criticisms from a recent Community Voice.

From The Eyes Of A Millennial: Election 2016 Benjamin Kerensa via Wikimedia Commons

From The Eyes Of A Millennial: Election 2016

Young voters’ voices matter, even though some may not think so in the wake of Tuesday’s election results.

Total Multimodal: Rebooting Your Commuting Hawaii Bicycling League

Total Multimodal: Rebooting Your Commuting

Using combinations of walking, biking, the bus and, in the not-so-distant future, rail will save time and money, if you’re creative.

Complicated Dynamics Of A Liberated Mosul Require US Help U.S. Army via Wikimedia Commons

Complicated Dynamics Of A Liberated Mosul Require US Help

Properly preparing for a scenario without ISIL requires extensive coordination to avoid giving back gains later.

Leadership Decisions Leave Shafter Students ‘Toughing It Out’ Anita H. Hurlburt

Leadership Decisions Leave Shafter Students ‘Toughing It Out’

Overcrowding has cost students their library and lunchroom. Meanwhile, four dilapidated portables stand unused.

Clinton’s Foreign Policy is a Threat to US Peace Flickr/Keith Kissel

Clinton’s Foreign Policy is a Threat to US Peace

Clinton’s position on a no-fly zone in Syria could propel the United States into war with Russia, the writer argues.

A Millennial Take On Two Honolulu Charter Amendments City and County of Honolulu

A Millennial Take On Two Honolulu Charter Amendments

Proposals to increase term limits for city officials and cap the time that affordable housing stays affordable should be rejected, this writer says.

OHA Races Aren’t Short On Controversy, Mudslinging Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

OHA Races Aren’t Short On Controversy, Mudslinging

Battles to lead the office established for “the betterment of Native Hawaiians” are among the more lively on Hawaii ballots this fall.

A New Emphasis On Models Of Ancient Hawaiian Sustainability Jean-Pierre Norblin de La Gourdaine via Wikimedia Commons

A New Emphasis On Models Of Ancient Hawaiian Sustainability

International conservation leaders and the State of Hawaii are looking at what our islands’ pre-contact heritage may have to teach us.