Put down your pencils. Our political cartoonist contest is a wrap
The entries in our 2024 political cartoonist contest are in and the winner is Will Caron, a Hawaiʻi journalist and communications professional who has been drawing for more than a decade.
Talking civics and advocacy on KTUH college radio
DJ eOmni interviews Will Caron on recent events in the Hawaiʻi civic and political arena, and how civic involvement is the cure for disaster-capitalist blues.
Amid voter-restriction moves elsewhere, automatic voter registration here worth support
Registering to vote, step one in a simple act of good citizenship, is now part of the battleground that is the Democrat-Republican national split.
AVR will open door to more young voters
Young people do care. We care about our future. We care about this planet. Yet, we do not fully participate in our democracy for the most pedestrian of reasons.
Cranking up the youth vote: register when you’re 16
Nonprofit organizations join the state in efforts to establish the voting habit in young people.
Don’t squander precious right to vote—get people to polls
Hawaiʻi has the lowest voter turnout of any state. Higher levels of civic engagement promote a better democracy as it is the most direct way to implement change.
A reasonable gun regulation for all of us
Here are two bills that deserve the support of both gun-control advocates and Second Amendment activists.
Islandwide sit-lie ban gets preliminary approval despite opposition
Three Honolulu City Council bills would further restrict where homeless people can be. Critics say that would worsen the problem.