I write for MauiTime, but my day job is teaching writing at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College, which is a part of the UH system that is subleasing Maunakea to the Thirty Meter Telescope. My students are incredibly diverse in terms of age, background, experiences, opinions, goals, and identity, but what they all have in common is that they are first-year students of Native … [Read more...] about I Teach Writing to Native Hawaiian Students at UHMC. Here’s What They Have to Say About TMT
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The Real Fight Against Fake News: Project Censored’s top stories of 2018
It’s been a deadly year for journalists. As I write this on Monday afternoon, the count is up to 53 – that’s 53 journalists who have been killed around the world in 2018 – motive confirmed – according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Reporting the truth and holding the powerful accountable has always been risky business, but it is the indispensable task undertaken by … [Read more...] about The Real Fight Against Fake News: Project Censored’s top stories of 2018