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.

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.

For the third time in three years, an effort to produce affordable middle-class housing at no longterm taxpayer expense is being buffeted at the legislature, despite substantial backing.

Prosecutors, politicians and the media inflamed public fears about crime to pressure a halt to an expedited release program that had been preventing outbreak.

Those who want to serve and represent their communities first need to acquire tons of cash. Without it, there is almost no chance of success.

Nonprofit organizations join the state in efforts to establish the voting habit in young people.

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.

It’s high time our elected officials made sustainability the central tenet of all future policy decisions.