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What Is A Historic Property? David Croxford/CivilBeat/2022

What Is A Historic Property?

Preserving every building, structure or object over 50 years of age would be a fool’s errand.

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion only underscores how much work remains ahead.

What Are We Waiting For? Our Islands Are In Peril Courtesy: Andrew Richard Hara

What Are We Waiting For? Our Islands Are In Peril

Let’s wisely use Hawaii’s island’s resources — geothermal and the stars above Mauna Kea.

Removing Voting Barriers Will Improve Health Care Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Removing Voting Barriers Will Improve Health Care

Let’s build a more inclusive democracy that reflects the diverse needs of our communities.

More To Be Done To Meet Needs Of Hawaii’s Youngest Suevon Lee/Civil Beat/2017

More To Be Done To Meet Needs Of Hawaii’s Youngest

It is critical that our next governor supports early childhood development.

Why Speaker Nancy Pelosi Should Go To Taiwan Flickr: Gage Skidmore

Why Speaker Nancy Pelosi Should Go To Taiwan

China is hopefully wise enough not to waste time and resources on an invasion.

Hawaii Youth Need Adult Help In Learning To Ride Bikes Screenshot/2022

Hawaii Youth Need Adult Help In Learning To Ride Bikes

While many parents might know how to ride a bike, they lack the knowledge on how to properly train a child.

Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s Empty Promises On Government Accountability Kuʻu Kauanoe/Civil Beat/2022

Hawaii Gov. David Ige’s Empty Promises On Government Accountability

Hawaii will have to wait until the next governor to shine a light on government corruption.

Does Our State Government Have Too Many Boxes? Hawaii DOH

Does Our State Government Have Too Many Boxes?

We need out-of-the-box thinking, literally, to make the public sector work better.

A Warning On Hawaii’s Housing Crisis — From 1970 U.S. Congress

A Warning On Hawaii’s Housing Crisis — From 1970

Lt. Gov. Tom Gill’s prophetic vision haunts the state to this very day.