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
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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
We asked our readers how they explained Donald Trump’s victory–here’s what they said
We asked a question on the cover of our Nov. 10, 2016 issue: “What do we tell our daughters?” It wasn’t rhetorical–we genuinely wanted to know from readers how they were explaining Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton after he endlessly demonized non-whites, women, immigrants, Muslims, Jews and just about everyone else who’s last name isn’t Trump during the … [Read more...] about We asked our readers how they explained Donald Trump’s victory–here’s what they said
NOTW: Extreme birdwatching, fun with pennies and orange sheep
EXTREME HOBBIES John Weigel and Olaf Danielson are engaged in a frenzied battle of “extreme birdwatching,” each hoping to close out 2016 as the new North American champ of the American Birding Association, and a September Smithsonian piece had Weigel ahead, 763 to 759. Danielson is perhaps better known for doing much of his birding in the nude (and is the author of the … [Read more...] about NOTW: Extreme birdwatching, fun with pennies and orange sheep