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Neal Milner: We Need More Insurgencies In Hawaiʻi Elections Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2014

Neal Milner: We Need More Insurgencies In Hawaiʻi Elections

Upstart candidates are great motivators for voter turnout and make us think about what we’re voting for.

Olin Lagon: No Hog Cheese (Courtesy: Olin Lagon)

Olin Lagon: No Hog Cheese

Scarcity is supposed to make people hoard. Somebody forgot to tell us. Mostly.

Denby Fawcett: No Pidgin Allowed In Hawaiʻi’s Once-Elite Public Schools Denby Fawcett/Civil Beat/2026

Denby Fawcett: No Pidgin Allowed In Hawaiʻi’s Once-Elite Public Schools

A new book explores the decades-long educational system that separated students based on how well they could speak English.

Jeta: What’s Left Of The Artists In Kakaʻako (Courtesy: Jeta Tang)

Jeta: What’s Left Of The Artists In Kakaʻako

How HART’s rail is displacing the creative community.

Neal Milner: New Police Drones May Run Afoul Of Hawaiʻi Culture Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Neal Milner: New Police Drones May Run Afoul Of Hawaiʻi Culture

Hawaiʻi is all about personal relationships, even when it comes to cops.

Olin Lagon: State Budget Is Not Hard To Understand. We Just Explain It Badly

Olin Lagon: State Budget Is Not Hard To Understand. We Just Explain It Badly

Hawaiʻi’s official budget “brief” runs 163 pages. Here is the whole $20.9 billion in two pictures.

Denby Fawcett: Understanding ‘The Odyssey’ In Territorial Hawaiʻi AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris

Denby Fawcett: Understanding ‘The Odyssey’ In Territorial Hawaiʻi

There were many similarities between ancient Greek and traditional Hawaiian cultures. In the 1950s, educators weren’t thinking that way.

Jeta: The Stories We Fight to Preserve (Courtesy: Lehuauakea)

Jeta: The Stories We Fight to Preserve

For one Hawaiian artist, reclaiming a buried identity began with learning the ancient art of kapa. The barkcloth opened a pathway that led back to their roots.

Neal Milner: The State Will Never Win Public’s Trust In The Bribery Case Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Neal Milner: The State Will Never Win Public’s Trust In The Bribery Case

No matter how it turns out, the public will never like how the state handles the bribery case because it can’t solve the real problem — money in politics.

Kirstin Downey: Honolulu Needs Your Help To Identify Historic Sites David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Kirstin Downey: Honolulu Needs Your Help To Identify Historic Sites

Some historic buildings the city owned may have been unknowingly demolished.