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Essays

Big Island Facilities Need To Work Together For Hawaii's New Normal

By Rick Gaffney · January 4, 2021 · 9 min read

How To Ramp Up Hawaii’s Use Of Electric Cars

By Tam Hunt, Noel Morin, Nanette Vinton, Sonja Kass, Bill Bugbee · December 20, 2020 · 7 min read

Singapore Makes Housing Work. Can We Do The Same?

The success of Singapore’s public housing holds lessons for Hawaii — and solutions.

By Stanley Chang · January 10, 2021 · 12 min read

Invest In Interns To Build Hawaii's Future

By Patrick Sullivan · December 28, 2020 · 7 min read

How To Redefine The Housing Crisis In Hawaii

By Jonathan Likeke Scheuer · December 13, 2020 · 10 min read

Columns

Neal Milner: Resist The Temptation To Write Off Your Political Opposites

January 21, 2021 · 6 min read

Neal Milner: Protecting White Identity Is Not Going Away Anytime Soon

January 14, 2021 · 6 min read

Neal Milner: It Won't Be Easy, But Americans Can Learn To Get Along Again

January 7, 2021 · 6 min read

Neal Milner: Biden's Job Will Be To Chip Away At Sectarian Hatred

December 24, 2020 · 6 min read

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Lee Cataluna: The New Year Brings A New Hawaii

January 20, 2021 · 4 min read

Lee Cataluna: What Have We Learned In The Last 10 Months?

January 18, 2021 · 5 min read

Lee Cataluna: How One Company Is Going The Extra Mile To Help Its Working Parents

January 13, 2021 · 5 min read

Lee Cataluna: Capitol Riots Were Far Away, But Still Too Close

January 10, 2021 · 5 min read

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Denby Fawcett: Some Want Permanent Security Barriers At Capitol, But At What Cost?

January 19, 2021 · 6 min read

Denby Fawcett: It’s Finally Time To Evict Donald Trump From Our Brains — And From Office

January 12, 2021 · 5 min read

Denby Fawcett: A Moment Of Wonder In An Otherwise Unsettling Year

December 29, 2020 · 7 min read

Denby Fawcett: Diamond Head Is A Tourist Trap. It's Time To Change That

December 22, 2020 · 6 min read

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Eric Stinton: What Hawaii Can Learn From The Trump Years

January 19, 2021 · 6 min read

Eric Stinton: How We All Survived A Semester Of Zoom Classes

December 21, 2020 · 6 min read

Eric Stinton: The End Of Distance Learning Is Near. Let’s Not Rush What Comes Next

December 4, 2020 · 5 min read

Eric Stinton: Turning Outrage Into Action To Help End Homelessness

November 22, 2020 · 7 min read

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Danny De Gracia: Hawaii Should Rise Up While 'The Stars Are Aligned'

January 18, 2021 · 5 min read

Danny De Gracia: Hawaii Republicans Should Follow Up On Tardy Stand Against Violence

January 11, 2021 · 5 min read

Danny De Gracia: Stimulus Checks Are On The Way, But Don't Call Them Handouts

January 4, 2021 · 5 min read

Danny De Gracia: A Casino Won't Resolve Hawaii's Broken Promises To Hawaiians

December 28, 2020 · 5 min read

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Chad Blair: Advocates Again Pushing For Automatic Voter Registration

January 4, 2021 · 6 min read

Chad Blair: A Casino In Kapolei? Don't Hold Your Breath

December 20, 2020 · 5 min read

Chad Blair: How About Ranked-Choice Voting And Open Primaries For Hawaii?

December 8, 2020 · 7 min read

Chad Blair: Pay-To-Play 'Journalism' Is Now In Hawaii

November 24, 2020 · 6 min read

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Editorials

Dear Mayor-Elect Blangiardi: Please Add Transparency To Your Agenda

December 31, 2020 · 4 min read

Mayor, Police Chief Owe Public Answers On Surveillance Scheme

December 24, 2020 · 3 min read

It's Time For America To Ditch The Electoral College

December 18, 2020 · 6 min read

Lift The Suspension Of Hawaii's Public Records Law

December 11, 2020 · 5 min read

Modifying Safe Travels Program Could Allay Health, Economic Fears

December 4, 2020 · 4 min read

Only Lawmakers Can Fix Hawaii's Mask Mandate. What Are They Waiting For?

November 20, 2020 · 5 min read

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Political Cartoons

John Pritchett: Under Siege

By John Pritchett · January 18, 2021

John Pritchett: The Secret Ingredient

By John Pritchett · January 10, 2021

John Pritchett: Not In The Cards

By John Pritchett · January 4, 2021

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Community Voices

The Treaty To Ban The Bomb Takes Effect

Fifty-one nations have now ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Will the United States sign?

By Helen Jaccard · January 21, 2021 · 4 min read

Hawaii Still Has Progress To Make In Electing Women Leaders

By Rosemarie Muller · January 20, 2021 · 4 min read

It’s Time For Hawaii To Tax The Rich

By Jeanné Kapela · January 19, 2021 · 5 min read

Black Lives Matter Means All Lives Matter

By Keisa Liu · January 18, 2021 · 5 min read

How COVID-19 Could Be Much Worse In 2021

By Monique Chyba, Victoria Fan · January 15, 2021 · 3 min read

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