Makana Eyre/Civil Beat/2025
Makana Eyre: Extensive Hawaiʻi Consulate System Sparked Early Growth
The Hawaiian Kingdom boasted an international consulate system that helped the islands import labor in the 1800s.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015
Beth Fukumoto: Explaining The Sweet Side Of At-Large City Council Districts
A proposal before the Honolulu Charter Commission deserves thoughtful attention.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
For Cynthia Thielen, Decades Of Public Service Are ‘Just The Right Thing To Do’
The former longtime legislator, attorney and community activist is still deeply involved in her community.
Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat/2025
Neal Milner: Want To Be More Politically Engaged? Join A Group
You can be the most passionate, educated activist in the world, but you may still need company to succeed.
Flickr: Sheree Zielke
Will Bailey: Federal Changes Hit Hawaiʻi Hard In 2025. There’s More To Come
The fast-fading year showed us how quickly weight shifts — and how it lands on communities already stretched by cost, distance and recovery.
Courtesy: Tom Peek
Denby Fawcett: Hawaiʻi Author-Filmmaker Tom Coffman Dies At 83
In words and images, he examined the issues of social justice in a powerful way.
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Will Bailey: Congress Let The ACA Subsidy Cliff Arrive. Families Will Feel It First
In Hawaiʻi, thousands of residents rely on the Affordable Care Act for health care and will soon see their costs go up substantially.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2014
Neal Milner: ‘Limbo Field’ Would Reflect The Precarious State Of UH Football
The modest plan for a new stadium displays the needed caution in an age of big-money national college athletics.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025
Driving Change For Hawaiʻi One Story At A Time
It would be too depressing to constantly uncover problems if we didn’t have faith that some of them could be solved.
Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
Lee Cataluna: How A Small Incident On Kauaʻi Made Headlines Everywhere
A story about Rob Reiner in Hawai’i that isn’t about Rob Reiner or Hawai’i.