One Hawaiian cultural expert thinks unity among all cultures is possible. Another says no way.

The former UFC champion has been arrested twice on the Big Island in the last week.

Kids have been told the purpose of an education is to get ahead. Now is the time to rethink the value of classroom learning.

You can couch it in terms of safety and inequity, but this is really about flat-out discrimination.

Feeding hungry children is important even if it doesn’t improve their academic performance.

There are good reasons to support pre-K education without resorting to unsupported claims.

The Legislature is considering strengthening laws against cockfighting but it's a tough sell in Hawaii's culture.

Imagine if people rallied around their local schools the way they rallied around guns.

It's to make up for my own insensitivity when I was young, and to provoke conversations with kids with attitudes like I used to have.

The pay increase is absolutely necessary, but it’s not enough to fix the long-festering issues affecting Hawaii's education system.