Ikaika Hussey enters the race for Honolulu City Council in the 6th District.

Her challenger is also a woman leader with a military background and a strong environmental track record.

The notes were written by factory workers in Istanbul, employed by brands Zara, Mango and Next and distributed at stores around the global north.

Ai-jen Poo on building and sustaining a national movement for social justice, and how the Hawaiʻi campaign to pass kūpuna and family care legislation ties into that larger project.

The protest is being organized by Bernie Sanders delegates who first met at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia last month.

“People Over Profits” unites broad progressive coalition; hundreds converge on Hawaiʻi’s State Capitol.

The demonstration emphasized the connection between—and convergence of—the issues of social justice, labor, indigenous rights, environmental stewardship and human rights.

If progressives can push all the democratic presidential candidates to oppose the TPP, including Hillary Clinton, it could go a long way in flipping more Congressional democrats from yes to no.

The newly-formed coalition includes groups from the labor rights, environmental protection, Native Hawaiian sovereignty, food justice, and social justice movements.

The House labor committee's draft of the minimum wage increase bill is pitched as a compromise, but still favors small business owners over their employees.

The “People Not Profits” rally brought together diverse issues, united by the message that government should serve the people, not corporations and developers.