Today's Equal Pay Day–the day that marks how far a woman in the U.S. has to work to earn what a man doing the same job had to make by just working last year. As such, the day is observed at different times each year, but the sentiment is always the same: there is a painful injustice in how men and women are compensated for their work. “Women earn only 81 cents to a man’s … [Read more...] about Observe Equal Pay Day in Hawaii by learning about the gender pay gap
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Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Shay Chan Hodges
Democrat Tulsi Gabbard, the U.S. Congressional Representative for Hawaii's 2nd District, is enormously popular. In the 2014 election, she won reelection with nearly 76 percent of the vote. But she's far from universally loved–in fact, she's been something of a rebel this year. Long a critic of President Barack Obama's military and foreign policy, she threw all her support this … [Read more...] about Know your 2016 Maui County election candidate: Shay Chan Hodges