Dialogue – MAUI STRONG
As we all watched the tragic events unfold on Maui these past weeks, us here at The Hawai‘i Herald have also become uplifted by seeing our islands rally together to support our Lahaina community...
Cover Story – HISTORY BUFFS
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Once a month for a year now, members of the Muskego Community Book Club have gathered at the Muskego Public Library, located in Muskego, Wisconsin — a suburb...
Dialogue – History Buffs
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
In the summer of 1942, Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, was the training location of the 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate), the nearly all-Japanese American segregated military unit of 1,500 mainly local boys from Hawai‘i...
Rainbow Connections – CONNECTIONS THROUGH COMMUNITY
Trisha Nakamura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
For many people in the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, pansexual, asexual and nonbinary) community, a sense of belonging is hard to find. Not only are they marginalized...
Cover Story – EXPOSING AMERICA’S “SECRET WEAPON”
Mahalo to the “Military Intelligence Service Language School Registry” Project
Drusilla Tanaka
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
My high school yearbook is a well-worn treasure. After leafing through it all these years, the binding along its spine...
Dialogue – MAHALO, MIS
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
Like many Yonsei, I didn’t know too much about my grandfather’s time fighting abroad during World War II. As I’ve gathered other Yonsei recollections of their grandfathers’ pasts, the consensus was that...
Cover Story – SHELTER LODGE
Jackie Kojima
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Many of us in Hawai‘i grumble about long commutes. But not many can beat Kaua‘i resident Kenji Yamada, who travels 2,700 miles just to get to work.
During the spring...
Dialogue – HELE ON TO KAUA‘I!
Kristen Nemoto Jay
Commentary
Kaua‘i has such a special place in my heart. My first trip there was for work, when I was in my late twenties, on assignment to write a couple of stories for...
Rainbow Connections – BIANKA TASAKA
A Profile in Māhū Liberation
Camaron Miyamoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
June was International Pride Month. As we feature the island of Kaua‘i in this issue of The Hawai‘i Herald, the 5th annual Kaua‘i Pride Parade and festival...
Cover Story – REPRESENT!
“Ikigai” – Yonsei Filmmaker Makes Directing Debut
Jackie Kojima
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In July, California State University Northridge senior Maren Elardo and her crew of fellow students in the Department of Cinema and Television Arts...
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