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Why High-Functioning People In Hawaiʻi Are Quietly Struggling With Anxiety David Croxford/Civil Beat/2024

Why High-Functioning People In Hawaiʻi Are Quietly Struggling With Anxiety

Cultural and social expectations can further complicate recognition of both anxiety and substance use.

Tired Of Politics As Usual? Consider Voting Green Party Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2022

Tired Of Politics As Usual? Consider Voting Green Party

It’s time for Hawaiʻi to reject the status quo of a two-party system dominated by Democrats.

How Hawaiʻi Can Get The HMSA-HPH Affiliation Right Screenshot/2026

How Hawaiʻi Can Get The HMSA-HPH Affiliation Right

History shows that consolidation often promises efficiency but delivers higher costs unless strong safeguards are in place.

Taxpayers Deserve A Bill Of Rights That Actually Helps Them Screenshot/2025

Taxpayers Deserve A Bill Of Rights That Actually Helps Them

The current version used by Hawaiʻi tax department is a masterpiece of deception.

How An Oil Seed Industry Can Foster A New Bioeconomy Hawaii Oil Seed Producers

How An Oil Seed Industry Can Foster A New Bioeconomy

Hawaiʻi must reduce imports and move away from overdependence on tourism in order to benefit us all.

The Maui County Board Of Ethics Has Been Transformed Screenshot/Maui County/2025

The Maui County Board Of Ethics Has Been Transformed

The improvements since executive director Lauren Akitake came aboard in August have been the most significant in the board’s history.

Understanding What’s Behind The Murals In Kaka‘ako Photo courtesy Jeta Tang

Understanding What’s Behind The Murals In Kaka‘ako

Graffiti art does more than deface walls. It challenges gentrification itself.

The Cruise Industry And The Green Fee: Setting The Record Straight Ludwig Laab/Civil Beat/2022

The Cruise Industry And The Green Fee: Setting The Record Straight

Hawaiʻi’s policy decisions must be grounded in facts, not rhetoric nor emotion.

The Plurality Voting System Is Failing Hawaiʻi Voters Screenshot/2024

The Plurality Voting System Is Failing Hawaiʻi Voters

People frequently are forced to vote for someone other than their preference, keeping us in a two-party duopoly.

The Greatest Threat To Coconut Palms Is People David Croxford/Civil Beat/2023

The Greatest Threat To Coconut Palms Is People

CRB is a fast‑spreading invasive pest but not the first or primary danger to the precious plant.