After a search lasting nearly seven months, ACLU Hawaii has finally chosen a new executive director. Vanessa Chong, who has run the office since 1984, is retiring next year. Her replacement, ACLU Hawaii officials announced on Dec. 13, is Joshua Wisch, currently a Special Assistant to Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin. According to the ACLU Hawaii announcement, the position … [Read more...] about ACLU Hawaii selects Joshua Wisch as its new executive director
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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 By Partial Trump Travel … [Read more...] about Hawaii Attorney General offers resources for those impacted by Trump Travel Ban
We talk story with ACLU Hawaii Legal Director Mateo Caballero about Trump’s assault on civil liberties
If you exhibit any empathy at all, reading the news these days is a terrible depressing experience. Every day it seems, the President “Baby” Donald Trump and Republican-controlled Legislatures across the country sign executive orders or introduce legislation designed to curb someone’s civil liberties–voting rights, trans rights, protester rights, even the rights of documented … [Read more...] about We talk story with ACLU Hawaii Legal Director Mateo Caballero about Trump’s assault on civil liberties
Use Your Voice! How Hawaii will survive life in Trumpland
Hawaii, and Maui, is in a bubble. Enclosed by the Pacific and with our own unique culture and heritage, we are literally and figuratively removed from much of what happens on the mainland. Though residents are quite aware of island politics, national politics seems far away and foreign. It’s tempting to think that the miles of land and ocean that separate us from the White … [Read more...] about Use Your Voice! How Hawaii will survive life in Trumpland
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’