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Campaign Corner: What I Learned From The Primary Election Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Campaign Corner: What I Learned From The Primary Election

Serving as chair for Kim Coco Iwamoto鈥檚 House campaign committee was an eye-opening experience for this young student.

The Public Is Not Alone In Behaving Badly Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

The Public Is Not Alone In Behaving Badly

Blaming citizens for the current crisis obfuscates the responsibility of state and local leadership.

Open-Note Testing Could Work In Our High Schools Flickr: Alberto G.

Open-Note Testing Could Work In Our High Schools

It will encourage teachers to design more insightful questions that focus on higher-order thinking.

Long-Term Care Facilities Require More Testing Support Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Long-Term Care Facilities Require More Testing Support

Whatever the price tag, the cost of inaction is much greater and harder to bear.

We Can Make Honolulu A Global City By 2030 Cory Lum/Civil Beat

We Can Make Honolulu A Global City By 2030

It is astounding that Hawaii’s largest metropolis is considered so marginal to the world despite what are several important strengths.

For Micronesians, Medicaid Can Save Lives Cory Lum/Civil Beat

For Micronesians, Medicaid Can Save Lives

Identifying ways to improve medical coverage in this pandemic is increasingly important for all members of our society.

Affordable Living In Hawaii? Not For Many Folks Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Affordable Living In Hawaii? Not For Many Folks

Low wages and high costs create social inequities for decent people just trying to get by.

Tom Yamachika: Is Our Share Of CARES Act Money Disappearing? Flickr: frankieleon

Tom Yamachika: Is Our Share Of CARES Act Money Disappearing?

Hawaii must not make the mistake of leaving tons of free cash in limbo land.

Tuna-Tagging Expedition Sets Sail Despite COVID-19 Challenges Courtesy: NOAA

Tuna-Tagging Expedition Sets Sail Despite COVID-19 Challenges

Data collected during the next seven weeks at sea will be some of the only direct observations made for 2020.

Facts Matter, During This Pandemic And Beyond Flickr: theilr

Facts Matter, During This Pandemic And Beyond

They鈥檝e never mattered more, and they can鈥檛 be negated by opinion.