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Neal Milner: Can Hawaiʻi Get Over Its ‘Stay-Put Syndrome’? Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Neal Milner: Can Hawaiʻi Get Over Its ‘Stay-Put Syndrome’?

Lots of places worry about brain drain, not just Hawaiʻi. Let’s not demean and patronize those who’ve chosen to live elsewhere.

Hawaiʻi’s LNG Boondoggle: Why Are So Many Staying Silent? AP

Hawaiʻi’s LNG Boondoggle: Why Are So Many Staying Silent?

The governor’s plan to spend billions to switch from one imported fossil fuel to another is not climate leadership. It’s a step backward.

Olin Lagon: When Radiance And Pain Ride On The Same Wind Cory Lum/Civil Beat

Olin Lagon: When Radiance And Pain Ride On The Same Wind

A gift from Uncle Sol’s ʻohana prompted me to think about who pays for beauty.

Deep-Sea Mining Is A Threat To The Pacific And Hawaiʻi Anita Hofschneider / Grist

Deep-Sea Mining Is A Threat To The Pacific And Hawaiʻi

The deep sea plays a critical role in the planet’s ecosystems. The Trump administration ignores that to boost a speculative industry.

Vote No On Constitutional Amendment Question 2 Craig Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Vote No On Constitutional Amendment Question 2

Hawai‘i voters should not approve a financing mechanism that puts public finances at risk.

Jeta: What Micronesian Artists Reveal About Ties Across the Pacific Poet Carol Ann Carl (Photo: Shayne Hasegawa)

Jeta: What Micronesian Artists Reveal About Ties Across the Pacific

The “Ocean of Peace” exhibition features 11 artists who draw on ancestral wisdom and traditions to celebrate kinship that transcends lines on a map.

Makana Eyre: If Bad Bunny Can Love Coqui Frogs, So Can We Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2026

Makana Eyre: If Bad Bunny Can Love Coqui Frogs, So Can We

Hawaiʻi may need to come to grips with these little invaders. Can we learn to live with them, and their chirps? 

An Urgent Plea For Safer Roads In Mānoa Courtesy Aimee Malia Grace, M.D.

An Urgent Plea For Safer Roads In Mānoa

Strolling down a valley avenue is very risky when cars are incessantly speeding.

How Keiki Are Rewriting The Rules Of Civic Engagement And Voting Erin Nolan/Civil Beat/2026

How Keiki Are Rewriting The Rules Of Civic Engagement And Voting

Kids Voting Hawaiʻi has changed my life — giving me and other high schoolers a sense of hope and a grounding in the electoral system.

Will Caron: Zip Pact Will Caron/2026

Will Caron: Zip Pact

Politics, policy and public affairs as seen through the eyes of our political cartoonist.