Research shows the more you strengthen your relationships, the more likely you’ll be to empathize with those other individual perspectives.

Local chickens are in good health — but they face a potential threat.

Voters proved hesitant to overhaul the election systems they were already familiar with.

They designed complex political structures to discourage centralization, hierarchy and inequality and encourage shared decision-making.

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The trip comes against the background of Chinese loans, grants and security cooperation treaties with Pacific island nations that have aroused U.S. concern.

Misperceptions about up-front costs have played a big role in how Maui and other communities recover after major disasters.

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Economic concerns, including the high cost of housing, may have figured prominently in the thinking of some Hawaii voters.

No person is ‘evil,’ only ‘mistaken.’