Column: Now is the time to organize and act with nonviolence
We live in a violent world supported by a glorification of violence exploding in social media, TV and movies. Read more
Island Voices
Column: Polled visitors back environmental fee
Hawaii’s breathtaking landscapes and vibrant culture draw 10 million tourists each year who spend at least $20 billion annually here, according to the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT). Read more
Column: Create new Kamaaina Homes Program
Our local housing market is failing. It’s failing too many of our friends and neighbors. Read more
Column: Support Peace Corps as it supports U.S. humanitarian efforts
The Peace Corps, billed as “the toughest job you’ll ever love,” has promoted world peace and friendship for 64 years. The first week of March honors the founding of the Peace Corps and Peace Corps volunteers’ contributions to meaningful changes around the world. Read more
Column: State government must lift cloak of opacity for public good
The essence of democracy lies in self-governance. Article 1, Section 1 of the Hawaii State Constitution states, “All political power of this State is inherent in the people and the responsibility for the exercise thereof rests with the people.” Read more
Column: Tariffs open door to new isle economies
I interpreted for the late Honolulu Mayor Frank Fasi in Tokyo meetings with Hitachi, Fujitsu and SONY CEOs to move electronics assembly plants to Hawaii — in 1984! Read more
Column: Have guts to protect the marginalized
Hawaii has long been celebrated as a beacon of diversity — a vibrant melting pot where the spirit of aloha welcomes everyone. Yet at the state Capitol, that promise is being broken. Read more
Column: $1 billion superjail is no solution for reform, housing, public health
Hawaii is at a crossroads. Lawmakers must make a critical decision about public safety and fiscal responsibility: spend $1 billion on a new jail to replace Oahu Community Correctional Center (OCCC) or implement more cost-effective solutions that address the real issues at the heart of the crisis we see on our streets. Read more
Column: Time to look at OCCC as a comprehensive decarceration hub
Correctional facilities are a volatile topic these days. They always have been. Read more
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Column: Prepare for disaster before it’s too late
Disasters can strike without warning. The devastating January wildfires in Los Angeles destroyed 17,000 structures, left thousands homeless, and claimed 29 lives. Read more
Column: Make land trust, limited-profit developers for homes
Hawaii has a housing crisis that needs no introduction. If you were born here, chances are you were born with it: mentions of our housing crisis started popping up in local papers in the 1930s. Read more
Column: Raise sales tax on costly homes, build more rentals
No one plans on being homeless. But with rent and home prices rising far faster than wages, finding a place to live feels out of reach for many. Read more
Column: Strengthen tools against domestic abuse
On Dec. 23, 2023, Theresa Cachuela was brutally shot to death by her husband while her young child looked on. It was only two days after she was finally granted a long-awaited temporary restraining order. Read more
Column: Aid Lahaina immigrant survivors and retain town’s identity
I am from Lahaina and I watched my hometown burn. The fire took more than our homes and town — it tore apart a community built by hard-working migrants. Read more
Column: LNG poses too many risks; shift isles straight to renewables
The Hawaii State Energy Office (HSEO) recently issued a study which found that liquefied natural gas (LNG) has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce costs over a 20-year period. Read more
Column: Parents, stop texting keiki during school
When I was growing up in the ’80s, I was truly free. Once I left the house, my parents and I had no way of contacting each other until the end of the day. Read more
Column: 10 chances to enact good government
Both chambers of our state Legislature have five chances this session to distinguish themselves as supporters of good government. A total of 10 worthy reform bills are currently divided equally between the House and Senate, just waiting to be heard and passed. Read more
Column: Teaching the ‘mixed plate’ metaphor
Watching the White House wage war on diversity, I’m struck by the ferocity of the campaign. Read more
Column: Trump burns decades of U.S. Indo-Pacific partner-building
Move fast and break things may be fitting advice for a tech start-up. But a foreign assistance freeze that breaks U.S. presence in the Indo-Pacific will be disastrous. Read more
Column: No time to dismantle USAID amid heightened competition
For many Germans the indelible World War II memory is a U.S. GI handing them a chocolate bar. Read more
Column: Jones Act hurts more than it helps
The United States has experienced an energy boom for well over a decade, but Hawaii has been largely left out. Read more
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