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Campaign Corner: A Time Of Reckoning For Our Generation Getty Images/iStockphoto

Campaign Corner: A Time Of Reckoning For Our Generation

The system can鈥檛 work for us unless we invest our time and resources to build a movement for聽change.

Protect Our Hotel Workers As Hawaii Reopens Tourism Flickr: Curt Smith

Protect Our Hotel Workers As Hawaii Reopens Tourism

They have families waiting for them to come home safely.

Campaign Corner: Why I’m Voting For Steve Alm For Honolulu Prosecutor Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Campaign Corner: Why I’m Voting For Steve Alm For Honolulu Prosecutor

There鈥檚 more at stake than just the office. What鈥檚 in play is nothing short of the definition of justice.

In Honor Of The Passing Of Justice Ginsburg: A Nurse鈥檚 Perspective Flickr: Elvert Barnes

In Honor Of The Passing Of Justice Ginsburg: A Nurse鈥檚 Perspective

The Notorious RBG, a healer in her own right,聽helped to repair the imbalances in our society 鈥 but the work is far from over.

Campaign Corner: We’re GenZ And We’re Voting for Amemiya Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Campaign Corner: We’re GenZ And We’re Voting for Amemiya

We want to have a future here, and between the two candidates, Amemiya鈥檚 plan gives us the most hope 鈥 by far.

An Open Letter To HART CEO Andy Robbins Cory Lum/Civil Beat

An Open Letter To HART CEO Andy Robbins

A longtime Honolulu rail watcher urges the Honolulu rail executive to be more transparent about rail costs and development.

A Vital Democracy Demands Fairness And Participation Ronen Zilberman/Civil Beat/2020

A Vital Democracy Demands Fairness And Participation

If Hawaii is going to work for all of us, we must ensure that mail-in voting truly works for everyone.

Tom Yamachika: Pulling Teeth At OHA Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Tom Yamachika: Pulling Teeth At OHA

An accounting report that found 鈥渞ed flags鈥 at the agency was never adequately addressed.

Counting Down To One Hundred Days Out Of School Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Counting Down To One Hundred Days Out Of School

As Hawaii’s students continue their learning online, something precious is being lost.