Fighting COVID-Inspired Racism Requires Solidarity, Legislation, and Protest
Politics Is a Creative Endeavor
I Grew Up Three Miles From the Beach
Doomscrolling Is a Big Part of My Job
I Dabble in Graphic Design
The Older I’ve Gotten, the More I Feel Sentimental About Queens
Even Centuries Before Captain Cook’s Arrival, Its Resources Were Exploited by Outsiders
In the Golden State It’s Getting Harder to Live the Good Life on the Cheap
A State With a Mixed Record on Immigrants Finds Itself Fighting to Do More for Newcomers
Did You Know Hawai‘i and Botswana Are Antipodes?
I Had a Thing for Lady Sybil
In Other Places, It’s a Lot Easier to Stab Someone in the Back
Continuously Evolving, the Language Gives Its Diverse Speakers a Common History and Shared Values
The origins of the Hawaiian pidgin language reflect the history and diversity of the islands. First used in the mid-19th century by the sugarcane laborers who spoke Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and English and needed a way to communicate with one another, ...
I Like Those Kinds of Sentences Where You Can Really See the Connections Between Languages
Henry ‘Ōpūkaha‘ia Died in Connecticut in 1818, but His Memory Led His Family to Repatriate His Body 175 Years Later
From Kaua‘i to Croatia, the World’s Increasingly Crowded Vacation Spots Seek Visitors Who Spend More Money—And Actually Talk to Locals
Thirty Years After My Family Left for Prosperity in California, I Moved Back to the Islands I Thought I Knew
In the 1920s, the Contest to Cross the Ocean and Reach the Islands Was Deadly—and Transformational
Approximately 20 million airline passengers traveled through Hawaiian airports last year. That might ...
Cities and Counties Across the Islands, Through Innovations and Experiments, Are the Perfect Laboratory for Slowing Global Warming
The Democrats' Near-Monopoly Makes Voters Tune Out, Sidesteps Urgent Policy Questions, and Places Factional Infighting Above Shared Ideals
Most Americans have become accustomed to the bitter divide between Republicans and Democrats in Washington. Yet closely fought competition between the parties is the exception rather than the rule in many state capitals. In 34 states, a single party controls both houses of ...
The Aloha State's Isolation and High Costs of Living Make the Challenges of Serving Seniors All the Harder
If I Were an Animal I'd Want to Be a Lion, Strong and Bold
It's a Combination of Relative Prosperity, Isolation, Unique Culture—and Tough Laws
The Popularity of Food From the Islands Shows the State's Appeal, but Also Points to Global Perils
Fleeing Rising Sea Levels and Burdened With Health Problems, Hawai‘i's Newest Migrants Now Face ‘Bigotry and Backlash’
It All Started in Hawaiʻi on Oahu's North Shore, Where Plantation Managers and Mormon Elders Nurtured Generations of Football Stars
Long before Oahu’s North Shore became a global hot spot for football, it was a pu`uhonua, a refuge under the protection of priests. Fugitives and villagers escaping the carnage of island warfare, or punishment for violating the traditional code of conduct, found sanctuary there—as long as they abided by the priests’ rules. But Captain James ...
Whether Served with a Beer in Honolulu, or Goji Berries in Dusseldorf, Poke is One of the Islands' Global Exports
My Wife Is a Woman of Great Serenity and Wisdom
A Honolulu-Born Writer Reflects on How Demographic and Economic Change Are Making an Idealized Aloha State Identity Obsolete
Journalist E.J. Dionne and Rep. Colleen Hanabusa Discuss the Civic Power of the Response to a President
Should the Trump presidency make us more optimistic about America’s future?
E.J. Dionne—a prominent liberal pundit who is both a nationally syndicated columnist for The Washington Post and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution—thinks so. ...
Peace Educator Maya Soetoro-Ng Wants America to Make Room for Complexity
An Environmental Historian Argues That Being Indigenous Is More Alchemy Than Fact
One Thing’s For Sure, I’m Not a Bitter Melon
A Strong Sense of Self Distinguishes the State, at Least for Now
Duke Kahanamoku Broke Records, Integrated Swimming Pools and Beaches, and Personified the Islands' Gracious Spirit
The New Kahauiki Village Is Rekindling the Communal Values of Old Plantation Towns
I was 16 when I first visited the islands. A skinny, white girl with a bad perm, I became red as a lobster after spending one week on Maui.
I wasn’t interested in the history of our 50th state at the time, yet on Oahu something important happened to me. Walking through shops and outdoor malls in downtown Honolulu, ...
Despite Their Diverse Backgrounds, Hawaiians Prefer to Distinguish Themselves by Their Island Roots
Location, Economy, and Culture Might Make the Aloha State Invaluable in the Pacific Century
A Nebraska Historian Explores a State's Racial Hierarchy Through the Lives of Missionary Children
Plantation Day Roots Are the Origins for Present-Day Gatherings with Plenty of Beer, a Pig on a Spit, and Community
Growing up in Hawaii in the 1970s, my family and our neighbors spent New Year’s Eve roasting a pig in our driveway. We set up the spit and used corrugated tin metal sheets to block the wind and contain the fire. The ancient Hawaiians prepared much of their cooked foods in an imu, or underground oven, but we lived on one of the ...
In Postwar Japan, the Aloha State was—and Still Is—a Longed-For Paradise
Call It a Melting Pot, a Bento Box, or Chop Suey. The Aloha State Has Much to Teach America About How to Be One Big Family
How Siblings Torn Between Two Sides of the Pacific Forged Identities in the Aftermath of War
I still remember them at the dining table after dinner each night in our Honolulu home. Three elegant sisters, styled out of Vogue magazine, their jet black hair in neat chignons and pixie haircuts, each savoring a cigarette and lingering over a glass of bourbon. Their laughter rang, but did not always conceal the dark ironies ...
My Hidden Talent Is That I Can Build Stuff
For America's Pacific Outpost, Asian Influence Is Nothing New
How Did the Aloha State End up Last in the Nation in Voter Participation?
