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
Island Voices
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
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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
Column: Head off looming environmental disaster with impact fee
Like many island systems, Hawaii and its ecosystems are extremely vulnerable to the dangerous threats from climate change. Read more
Column: Mahalo to isle water advocate Ernie Lau
It is with heartfelt gratitude that the Moanalua Valley Community Association honors and publicly thanks Ernest “Ernie” Lau, manager and chief engineer of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply, for his steadfast leadership despite significant opposition to protect our water for Hawaii’s people. Read more
Column: No one should go hungry in Hawaii
At the start of each new year, Poverty Awareness Month, which we observed in January, helps bring attention to the challenges many families face. Read more
Column: Let LNG flow for cheap, clean energy
To his brave credit, Gov. Josh Green has now initiated a major shift in Oahu energy policy thinking: empathy for ratepayers. Read more
Column: It might be time to end birthright citizenship
Immigration was a key factor that led Donald Trump to victory in 2024. Read more
Column: Strict blood alcohol limit can reduce drunken driving deaths
Gov. Josh Green and state legislators have again submitted bills lowering the illegal blood alcohol content (BAC) for drivers from 0.08% to 0.05%. Read more
Column: Legalize recreational marijuana to protect adult users, keiki
For many years, opponents of cannabis legalization have promoted and exaggerated the potential for harm and have spread misinformation about cannabis’ impact on society. Read more
Column: Close isle human trafficking loopholes
Human trafficking is happening in Hawaii. While sexual exploitation might not be an idea associated with the image of our state as a tropical paradise, the reality is that our islands are impacted by modern-day slavery. Read more
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