It must be sustainable for the working class, for women and for Native Hawaiians.
Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp
Adam Keawe Manalo-Camp is a Native Hawaiian cultural historian. With roots both in Papakolea Homestead and in the Philippines, he is also a writer, blogger and researcher.
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Respiratory Therapists Are Among Our Unsung Heroes
RTs are the ones who set COVID-19 patients up on ventilators.
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How To Reform Our Inefficient Bureaucracies
Let’s retrain civil service, move processes online and eliminate outdated procedures.
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Shared Histories Between Filipinos And Hawaiians
If anything, the recent activities on Mauna Kea have affirmed this history.
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Sherwood Forest: Seeing Beyond The Trees
The dispute over development in Waimanalo represents the clash between competing ideas of community.
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The History Of Human Trafficking In Hawaii
Some foreigners thought they were entitled to Hawaiian women, a dynamic that ultimately intertwined with the taking of land.
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There Are Many Ties Between Hawaiians And Micronesians
Traditionally, the lines between Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia never existed.
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OHA: A ‘Blistering Wart’ That Must Do Better
Instead of sponsoring political division, it should sponsor more programs to help Native Hawaiians become an economic and technological powerhouse.
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Why Do We Shortchange One of Hawaii’s Official Languages?
Our state Constitution calls both English and Hawaiian “official languages,” but use of Hawaiian is too often reduced to “aloha” and “mahalo.” Why?