(Courtesy: Olin Lagon)
Olin Lagon: No Hog Cheese
Scarcity is supposed to make people hoard. Somebody forgot to tell us. Mostly.
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.
(Courtesy: Jeta Tang)
Jeta: What’s Left Of The Artists In Kakaʻako
How HART’s rail is displacing the creative community.
PAC Spending In Primary Shows That Money Talks
An analysis of primary election results shows that most of the candidates supported by political action committees won their races outright or will move on to the November general election.
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.
Will Caron/Civil Beat/2026
Will Caron: A Definition Of Insanity
Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.
Screenshot/2026
The Sunshine Blog: Bob McDermott’s Still In But Kanani Souza Is Out
Short takes, outtakes, our takes and other stuff you should know about public information, government accountability and ethical leadership in Hawai‘i.
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.
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.
(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.