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Settler Colonialism Still Defines Power In Hawaii
If you are not haole, you probably come from a line of women who raised children to feel loved in a country that does not love them. These women negotiated survival in different ways. Some groomed...
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UH Manoa’s College of Education Names New Dean
The University of Hawaii Manoa chose one of its own to serve as the new dean of the College of Education starting next year, naming a professor and graduate chair of the college’s Department of...
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Disruptive Hawaii Flight Passenger Sentenced To Time Served
HONOLULU — A Turkish man who said a hallucination about a butterfly caused him to disrupt a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu won’t receive additional jail time under terms of his sentence handed...
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Why Hawaii Trends Toward Large And Extended Families
Monique Nu’uanu shares her home in Makakilo with four of her children ages 7 to 18, an adult cousin Travien, 26, and a hanai sister Alenna, 27. “It’s hard, everybody has different pet peeves and you...
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Denby Fawcett: Here’s One Recipe For A Guilt-Free Thanksgiving Dinner
If only every day could be like Thanksgiving, when people settle down for a big feast with enthusiasm and joy, momentarily forgetting they are afraid of carbs, gluten, red meat and GMOs. We have become...
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Can These Eco-Friendly Caskets Find A Niche In $20 Billion Industry?
In the corner of a lumber mill in Waimanalo, Cortney Gusick runs a wood sander along the top of a box made from planks of Northfolk pine once destined for the wood chipper. Gusick and her colleague...
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Hawaii Teacher: Talking Politics At Campbell High School
After a few miscommunications and a little bit of public shaming, state Sen. Will Espero and Rep. Bob McDermott finally came to visit my class. After writing my last column over the school’s fall...
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Better Solutions For The Best Hawaii
The House Republican Caucus message is simple: Hawaii and its government should be more accountable, affordable and accessible. This interim, we’ve created a bill package called Better Solutions for...
View ArticleEpisode 3: The First Day
What happens when people take an idea for education that sounds great in theory, and try to make it work in a real class? Follow along as reporters track the first year of a new school in Hawaii and...
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Hawaii Has Fewer Certified Teachers This Year
Teacher positions in Hawaii’s public schools are filled by fewer certified teachers this year than last, according to numbers released Tuesday by the Hawaii Department of Education. The latest figures...
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Don’t Give Up On Honolulu’s Recycling Effort
Honolulu has an opala problem. A city audit in October revealed that the cost of paper, plastic, glass, cardboard and aluminum recycling has more than tripled over the past eight years. It would...
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Maunakea And Maunaloa Deserve Our Respect
Steven Businger: How many people reading this short article are surprised to find out that the spelling for Mauna Kea should likely be Maunakea, and for Mauna Loa, we’d be more consistent to spell it...
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What The First Thanksgiving Dinner Actually Looked Like
Most Americans probably don’t realize that we have a very limited understanding of the first Thanksgiving, which took place in 1621 in Massachusetts. Indeed, few of our present-day traditions resemble...
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One Senator’s Prescription For Making The State Hospital Safer
In the aftermath of Randall Saito’s escape from the Hawaii State Hospital last week, a state senator is calling on the Ige administration to double the number of security personnel at the Kaneohe...
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Brittany Lyte: A Mystery Photo Makes Its Way Back Home — 76 Years Later
At a Christmas bazaar in Oregon last week, retired technical writer Judi Palumbo tackled pile after pile of other people’s castoffs, unearthing an old, black-and-white wedding portrait. Palumbo, who...
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Should Papahanaumokuakea Be Open For Business?
Republican House members are urging President Trump to “think big” in his ongoing review of 27 national monuments, including opening up the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument not just to...
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On Campus: It’s The First Day of School at Kamalani
After months of preparations, and a few set-backs, Kamalani Academy’s doors are finally open. There’s someone directing traffic in the parking lot, while Kamalani Principal Jeff Vilardi is handing out...
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On Saturday, Kaimuki Small Businesses Are Going Big
When crowds rush to the malls for Black Friday and log on to Amazon for Cyber Monday, most of the small businesses in Kaimuki get left behind. But this year, Kaimuki merchants are hoping to create...
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Tom Yamachika: Are Car Rentals ‘Tourism Related Services’?
In the last few weeks I’ve been discussing the Tax Foundation’s involvement in litigation involving online travel companies and the state’s attempts to wrest more general excise taxes out of them. The...
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Chad Blair: Brian Schatz Is In The Hot Seat Now
Imagine this: A co-worker is accused of inappropriate behavior and you are asked to serve on a panel to evaluate that co-worker. Your conclusions could result in punishment ranging from a slap on the...
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