U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, D–Hawaii, held a town hall meeting at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 22 at the Binhi At Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului. About 150 people showed up, including Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa and Councilmembers Stacy Crivello and Kelly King. The air was humid with only an occasional breeze when Schatz […]
THIS JUST IN: U.S. Senator Brian Schatz to hold Maui Town Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 22
Sorry for the late notice, but this only came in a few moments ago: at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 22 (that’s tomorrow), U.S. Senator Brian Schatz, D–Hawaii, will hold a town hall meeting right here on Maui. Assuming you don’t have to work, this is your big chance to ask Senator Schatz all manner of […]
Drew Toonz: President Trump again shows his true white supremacist side
Illustration: Andrew Miller
On Da Beach: Fighting the fear as Hawaii prepares for nuclear war
It’s a gorgeous afternoon, and I’m at a beach in Kihei. It’s warm and clear; the sun is blazing over a crystal blue ocean. But I’m not there to jump in the water–instead, I’m searching for a cave that will protect me and possibly my loved ones in the event of a nuclear attack. I’ve […]
An Easy Way For White People To Fight White Supremacists
It’s wonderful that so many people showed up Sunday night in front of the State Office Building in Wailuku for a candlelight vigil for the three people killed at a white supremacist Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. Vigils like these have become all too necessary. Two years ago we were calling for peace after a […]
Drew Toonz wonders what Trump actually meant by threatening North Korea with ‘Fire and Fury’
Illustration: Andrew Miller
What it’s like to be transgender in America, and on Maui, in 2017
By Danielle M. Bergan When MauiTime asked me to write an article on trans-rights and transphobia, it sent thoughts racing through my head at light speed. There’s so much happening in and to our Trans community in the summer of 2017 and most of it is a clear and present danger to who we are […]
MauiTime Best of Maui 2017: Best Scariest Public Figure on Maui: Donald Trump
SCARIEST PUBLIC FIGURE DONALD TRUMP Well, this is no shock! Once again, the man with the orange face, tiny hands, clammy handshakes, Dementia symptoms, borderline Tourette’s Syndrome, potty mouth and affinity for Twitter and Diet Coke has won the scariest public figure award. MauiTime readers are the best! You guys are so smart, and […]
Hawaii Attorney General offers resources for those impacted by Trump Travel Ban
On a day that’s already seen more than enough miserable news (President Donald Trump spewed more sexist hate on Twitter while the National Rifle Association released a vile new ad that all but calls for violence against liberals), the Hawaii Attorney General’s office sent out an extraordinary news release. Titled “Resources Available To Persons Impacted […]
Drew Toonz: You know how Trump loves a good witch hunt
Illustration: Andrew Miller
Jacob Shafer reflects on MauiTime’s 20th Anniversary
Brad’s tattoos. That’s the first thing I saw when I walked into the MauiTime office on North Main Street in the spring of 2008. I was fresh off a run as staff reporter at an alt weekly in tony Marin County and looking for a new challenge. Something completely different, but sort of the same. […]
VICE News: U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono says ‘one can conclude’ Trump obstructed justice, abused power
Like many Americans, U.S. Senator Mazie Hirono, D–Hawaii, watched former FBI Director Jim Comey’s June 8 testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on his conversations with President Donald Trump, the FBI’s investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Trump’s saying that he “hoped” Comey would terminate said investigation and Trump’s firing of Comey after he refused […]
Hawaii officials react to President Trump’s decision to withdraw from The Paris Agreement
To no one’s surprise, President Cheeto Jesus announced yesterday that the United States would no long abide by The Paris Agreement, in which 150 or so nations agreed to take steps to limit harm climate change is doing to the world. “I was elected by the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,” Trump said nonsensically, according to […]
Drew Toonz: Covfefe-Bunga, President Trump!
Illustration: Andrew Miller
Is Hawaii tourism falling into a Trump Slump?
For a while now, economists and pundits have wondered if tourist visits to the U.S. would get hit with a “Trump Slump,” since just about everything President Donald Trump has spent just about every minute of the last four months relentless proving to the world that he is the quintessential Ugly American. Hell, I wouldn’t […]
King Tides are just more evidence of climate change reality for Maui
The fact that the ocean is creeping up ever further on Maui and Hawaii shores is a reality anyone here can see. We see most pronounced it in the form of old trees toppled over in the sand as the surf sloshes around their roots on Maui’s north shore and along the road between Olowalu […]
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