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Industrial Agriculture Has No Place In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Industrial Agriculture Has No Place In Hawaii

Home rule and respect for the land should be more important than corporate agendas.

Tom Yamachika: There Has To Be A Better Way To Cool Hawaii’s Classrooms Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: There Has To Be A Better Way To Cool Hawaii’s Classrooms

The governor’s proposal to borrow from a program for alternative energy systems is simply not the proper way to handle basic infrastructure issues.

Apathy’s Burden: The Role Of Hawaii In Global Affairs Flicker.com/Daniel Etter

Apathy’s Burden: The Role Of Hawaii In Global Affairs

Compassion, detachment, and a lack of broader political awareness in the state of Hawaii

One Voter’s Checklist For Presidential Candidates DonkeyHotey/Flickr.com

One Voter’s Checklist For Presidential Candidates

The writer wants an enlightened leader, knowledgeable of the U.S. government with a unifying vision. For him, that candidate hasn’t emerged.

Dengue And Zika: Their Spread Should Have Been Expected Hawaii Department of Health

Dengue And Zika: Their Spread Should Have Been Expected

Even our public health officials ignore the threat of common diseases until they reach our part of the world.

Facing Life On The Streets, A Maui Homeless Man Cries Out Cory Lum for Civil Beat

Facing Life On The Streets, A Maui Homeless Man Cries Out

As his time in transitional housing ends, a man born and raised in Maui with two UH degrees says he won’t survive unsheltered.

Tom Yamachika: If We Start A Lottery, Gambling Could Expand In Hawaii Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: If We Start A Lottery, Gambling Could Expand In Hawaii

If Native Hawaiians gain federal recognition as a community similar to Indian tribes on the mainland, they’d have certain gambling opportunities — and more if the state has a lottery.

Hawaii Should Remember To Ask: ‘And How Are The Children?’ Eric Pape/Civil Beat

Hawaii Should Remember To Ask: ‘And How Are The Children?’

A traditional Maasai greeting poses a question we ought to be prioritizing half a world away in the islands.

For The Poor And The Mentally Ill, Help In Two Bills Cory Lum/Civil Beat

For The Poor And The Mentally Ill, Help In Two Bills

Generating more funds for rental housing assistance and making it easier to hospitalize the mentally ill could help address Hawaii’s homelessness crisis.

After Injuries To Farmworkers, Why Wait Longer To Ban Chlorpyrifos? Nick Grube/ Civil Beat

After Injuries To Farmworkers, Why Wait Longer To Ban Chlorpyrifos?

The effects of this toxic pesticide are often the result of low-level, chronic exposure, so acute cases like those at Syngenta Kauai are particularly distressing.