Such are the times we live in that a group of Democratic U.S. Senators, including Hawaii’s own Mazie Hirono and Brian Schatz, are sponsoring a new bill that would “prohibit the creation of any immigration-related registry program that classifies people based on their religion, race, age, gender, ethnicity, national origin, nationality, or citizenship.” Other Senate introducers … [Read more...] about Hawaii Senators Back Protect American Families Act, which prohibits immigrant-based registry
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MauiTime 2016 Year In Review
Even without the election of Republican Donald Trump to be President of the United States, this was a monstrous year. We’ve had to deal with job losses, outrageous giveaways to big business and just a general slide away from democratic protections and open government assurances. We like to think of Hawaii (and Maui especially) as existing outside the world’s troubles, but it’s … [Read more...] about MauiTime 2016 Year In Review
UPDATED: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz, Mazie Hirono denounce talk of future internment camps as ‘immoral’
Damn, we live in dark times. We're barely a week removed from the 2016 election, and President-elect Donald Trump's minions and sycophants are already talking about internment camps. Of course they are! Did you watch the news during 2016? Anyway, as this New York Times story makes clear, Trump's Carl Higbie mentioned on Fox News on Nov. 16 that the U.S. internment of … [Read more...] about UPDATED: U.S. Senators Brian Schatz, Mazie Hirono denounce talk of future internment camps as ‘immoral’
UPDATED: Trump Wins, America Loses: How the 2016 Election looks from Maui
Though more people ended up voting for Democrat Hillary Clinton, it is Republican Donald Trump who will be the next President of the United States. For those of us who believe in civil rights, the dangers of climate change and simple human decency, the night of Nov. 8 was one of the toughest of our lives. According to numbers compiled by The New York Times, Trump’s victory … [Read more...] about UPDATED: Trump Wins, America Loses: How the 2016 Election looks from Maui
MauiTime’s 2016 General Election Endorsements
Ideally, an election is more than simply filling in the square next to a party affiliation. It should be about more than simply articulating a person’s privileges or bigotries. It should achieve more than quantifying the effects of propaganda and misinformation. Democracy requires real, meaningful elections, and that means voters need to have information. Not memes, GIFs or … [Read more...] about MauiTime’s 2016 General Election Endorsements