Nina’s grandparents, Mitsuo and Masako Yoshida, met at the Poston War Relocation Center in southwestern Arizona in 1942. (Photo courtesy of Nina Yoshida Nelsen)

Cover Story – AMERICAN DREAM

Jackie Kojima Special to The Hawai‘i Herald For professional opera singer Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the path of life has been full of unexpected twists and turns. But she would not have had it any other way. Born...
From left, Grandma Whitmore (paternal great-grandma) and Grandma carrying baby Sascha.

Cover Story – BEING BLASIAN

Summer Nakaishi Special to The Hawai‘i Herald In the midst of the global pandemic, Sascha Koki discovered something unexpected — her curls. Sascha, a thirty-something Japanese and Black woman, had been straightening her hair as soon...
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Dialogue – SOLIDARITY

Kristen Nemoto Jay Commentary Growing up in Hawai‘i, I never really felt “othered” in terms of my race. As a mixed plate of Japanese, Okinawan, Hawaiian and Norwegian, my background wasn’t questioned as most of my...
A still shot of Yuri Kochiyama, answering questions from an interview held by Densho Encyclopedia. (Screenshot courtesy of Densho Encyclopedia)

Rainbow Connections – THE GIFT OF GAMAN

Trisha Y. Nakamura Hawai‘i Herald Columnist In photos of Malcolm X taken after he was murdered, a young woman is cradling his head. She is wearing cat-eye glasses and has a scarf on her head. She...

Cover Story – WE ARE BG

Lindsay Kagawa Colas Commentary, Republished with permission Los Angeles Times, April 26, 2022   Editor’s note: It’s been nearly a year since Brittney Griner, the 32 year old two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained in Russia on Feb....
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Dialogue – CHOOSE LOVE NOT WAR

Kristen Nemoto Jay Commentary It’s quite unbelievable how the effects of war can have on everyone. Whether you’re a descendent of a soldier, a veteran yourself, or lived during the conflict, the tentacles of a war’s...

Cover Story – HAPPY 2023!

The Hawai‘i Herald’s Year to Shine Kristen Nemoto Jay Commentary If I had to sum up the past three years in three words for The Hawai‘i Herald, it would be: adapt (2020), learn (2021) and grow (2022)....
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Rainbow Connections – LOVE WITHOUT APOLOGY

Camaron Miyamoto Hawai‘i Herald Columnist "Love without apology.” That is a lesson I learned from my Nisei grandparents, Toshi Oshima Miyamoto and Mikio Miyamoto. They dared to embrace love at a time of war, and even...
Franklin in his early teaching days at Cal State Long Beach.

Cover Story – ALOHA ‘OE, DR. FRANKLIN ODO

Remembering a Brilliant Scholar and a Special Mentor and Friend Karleen Chinen Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald  “If you don’t control your own culture and your own vision of life, and your own participation in life,...
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Dialogue – IN MEMORIAM

Kristen Nemoto Jay Commentary Every New Year’s Eve since I can remember, I watched the ball drop in New York City’s Time Square on television. I loved watching the people, bundled up in their marshmallow jackets,...

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