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Makana Eyre: What’s In A Name? For Hawaiians There’s A Lot David Croxford/Civil Beat/2022

Makana Eyre: What’s In A Name? For Hawaiians There’s A Lot

Keeping Hawaiian names alive is a responsibility and a way to place Hawaiʻi and Hawaiian culture firmly in the wider world.

Lee Cataluna: Throw A Flag On This UH Football Marketing Ploy Screenshot/instagram.com/kan08sei/

Lee Cataluna: Throw A Flag On This UH Football Marketing Ploy

The team is doing well. The students are having fun. Does it always have to be about making money?

Kirstin Downey: Without Historic Inventory, We Don’t Know What We’re Losing Hawaiʻi News Now/2022

Kirstin Downey: Without Historic Inventory, We Don’t Know What We’re Losing

A big challenge for preservationists: They can’t save what they don’t know about.

Neal Milner: Helping Today’s Kids Thrive On Chaos And Contemplation Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Neal Milner: Helping Today’s Kids Thrive On Chaos And Contemplation

Social media makes children more isolated from the outside world and less willing to take chances.

Will Bailey: If The Halls of Learning Go Dim, We Lose Something Sacred Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Will Bailey: If The Halls of Learning Go Dim, We Lose Something Sacred

Challenged as it may be, the university still holds the essence of our quest for truth.

Makana Eyre: Who Should Be Writing The History Of Hawaiʻi And Why Aren’t They? Courtesy: Ben Lowenthal

Makana Eyre: Who Should Be Writing The History Of Hawaiʻi And Why Aren’t They?

We need a new general history of Hawaiʻi that retells our history and bridges pioneering Hawaiian scholarship to a broad audience.

Lee Cataluna: Ed Case Continues To Play His Own Game Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2023

Lee Cataluna: Ed Case Continues To Play His Own Game

The Hawaiʻi congressman has drawn a couple of high-profile challengers in the 2026 election. But they seem to be running against Trump, not Case.

Kirstin Downey: This Trio Helped Unlock The History Of Polynesian Voyaging Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2017

Kirstin Downey: This Trio Helped Unlock The History Of Polynesian Voyaging

Building on their work with Yosihiko Sinoto a half-century ago, the archaeologists have reunited at Bishop Museum.

Will Bailey: What The Administration’s New Warrior Mentality Really Means AP/2025

Will Bailey: What The Administration’s New Warrior Mentality Really Means

The federal government shutdown is an unmistakable command to obey or face the consequences.

Neal Milner: Unhinged Is A Bad Look For Honolulu’s Mayor Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Neal Milner: Unhinged Is A Bad Look For Honolulu’s Mayor

Talk about making matters worse: Rick Blangiardi’s tirade about criticism of permit problems resembled a coach’s meltdown.