Choose Smart Justice, Not a Half-a-Billion Dollar New Jail
Instead of wasting our money on a project that will solve precisely none of the problems it is meant to solve, we should be investing that money in ways that uplift our communities and our people.
Automatic Voter Registration Will Open Door to More Young Voters
Young people do care. Yet, we do not fully participate in our democracy for the most pedestrian of reasons: not being registered to vote.
A Reasonable Gun Regulation For All Of Us
Both gun-control advocates and Second Amendment activists should support banning “bump stocks” and other rate-of-fire modifications.
Court Cases Reveal State’s Resistance to Honoring Hawaiian as Official Language
Two separate, pending court cases reveal a lack of respect for Hawaiʻi’s indigenous language as an equal and legitimate alternative to English.
Big Seed, Small World
Massive agribusiness mergers could threaten the democratization of food supplies and global self-determination.
10 Things Honolulu Needs From its New Police Chief
The appointment of new police chief is an opportunity for the Honolulu Police Department to regain the trust of the people it serves.
Free Speech and the Importance of College Activism in the Age of Trump
As President Trump attempts to restrict First Amendment rights that challenge his authority, it will be all the more important for campuses to remain bastions of free speech and free thought.
Breaking Public Trust for Private Profit
The land board’s acquiescence to corporate control of Hawaiʻi's resources represents the state’s continuing failure to uphold its fiduciary duties.
Will Gabbard’s Affinity for Rightwing Regimes Extend to Trump?
From Netanyahu in Israel to Modi in India, Tulsi Gabbard seems to have no problem supporting brutal and racist regimes.
TPP Fast Track Passes Senate, But the Fight is Far From Over
If progressives can push the Democratic presidential candidates to oppose the TPP, it could go a long way in flipping Congressional Democrats from yes to no.
Hanabusa Proposes Pohakuloa Expansion; Practitioners Sue Over Abuse
The congresswoman's introduction of a bill that would expand the Pōhakuloa Training Area ignores Native Hawaiian and environmental concerns in pursuit of defense industry dollars.
Rep. Wooley’s Gut-and-Replace Gambit
In an attempt to get a GMO-labeling bill heard this session, Rep. Jessica Wooley turned to a legislative maneuver that many agree is an unsavory tactic.
Why Homeless Community Members Oppose a Homeless Bill of Rights
House Bill 1889 is widely supported—but not by some of the very people who it would supposedly protect.
County Preemption Measure Dies in Committee
A bill that would have given the state broader authority to preempt county ordinances it finds inconvenient failed to find enough support to pass through the senate agriculture committee.