Hawaii is the 50th state admitted to the United States
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Once upon a time there was a beautiful island, filled with tropical plants and sunshine. Beautiful beaches ringed the island and birdsong echoed through the forest. Then, one day, all went silent. Decades ago, I heard a radio story about how Guam’s...
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Introduction The Democratic Party faces a critical juncture. The elected representatives are failing to uphold their oaths to "protect and defend the Constitution from enemies, foreign and domestic." Their response to the current threats to democracy...
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Newsweek has a rather amusing story about one particular Canadian counterproposal to Trump’s bizarre desire to try and turn our neighbor to the north into our 51st state: More than one-third of Canadians support a proposal to allow three U.S....
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For those who keep track of such things, one of the most active volcanos on our planet, Kileaua on the Big Island of Hawaii, came roaring back to life just before Christmas, and has been putting on quite a spectacular display of intermittent...
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Happy statehood anniversary to #50, the earthly paradise of Hawaii. 65 years ago the people of Hawaii broke the grip of wealthy plantation owners who had controlled local politics.
In the 1950s, ...
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Black Kos, Week In Review ~ "We are the ones we've been waiting for." Let US get Joe across the line Commentary by Black Kos editor JoanMar As we celebrated the 248th anniversary of the founding of this nation, our cowardly, complicit media is absolutely consumed with the question of Joe Biden’s ...
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Sakura (meaning “cherry blossoms”) is a Hawaiian version of a card game that was brought to the islands by Japanese immigrants, and uses Japanese-style playing cards known as “Hanafuda”.
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In response to a lawsuit brought by thirteen young people with support from Our Children’s Trust, Hawaii officials agreed to a series of steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Many of the plaintiffs are Native Hawaiian youth. They argued that their...
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It happened because the state constitution has this in it: Section 9. Each person has the right to a clean and healthful environment, as defined by laws relating to environmental quality, including control of pollution and conservation, protection and...
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by mettle fatigue
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Gang Violence ... Gendered Realities in Central America and the Caribbean mirror nationalistic and armed resistance conflict globally, and vice versa. ...violence perpetrated by gangs and criminal groups, “even outside of armed...
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One of President Joe Biden’s endeavors that can be fairly described as awesome is his “30 by 30” initiative to conserve and protect 30% of America’s land and water by 2030. Currently, just 12% falls into the protected category. The key question: Where...
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UPDATE: Monday, Dec 25, 2023 · 10:16:46 PM +00:00 · Dem Unfortunately I have a terrible migraine and my nausea is even worse than normal due to my substance abuse rehabilitation medication and something else which is unknown. I also passed out recently...
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On Monday evening, Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin went on CNN for an interview about the Republican Party’s continuing inability to productively govern our country. When host Kaitlan Collins asked the senator whether or not one of Donald Trump’s fake...
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Vox posted an important story yesterday about the high rate of species extinction in Hawaii. Hawaii is off-limits for me now, but I have fond memories. Please, whenever you read something about the ongoing mass extinction crisis, write a story on...
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Part 2 of my 5 day adventures in the astonishing island of Maui… beneath the volcanic rock covered in forests, a great diversity of life exists among the coral.
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The Kate Cox case, happening in Texas right now, is the perfect example of how right-wingers’ promises of “exceptions” in their anti-abortion laws are completely hollow. Kate Cox received the ...
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