Your Social Security – COMMITMENT TO THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY
Jane Burigsay
Courtesy: Social Security Administration
June is Pride Month. It’s a time to acknowledge the LGBTQ+ community and also celebrate diversity, love and respect. On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision...
Mind-Body Wellness – MOTIVATION VS. INSPIRATION
Dr. Chad Sato
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
The world that we live in is largely created by either taking action or being passive and allowing things to happen. For years, I’ve heard many say, “follow your passion”...
Ryan’s Table – IT’S A WONDERFFLE DISH
Ryan Tatsumoto
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
As a child at the tail end of the boomer generation, I probably grew up consuming the same mass-produced foods as most of my contemporaries. Ho Hos, Twinkies and Ding Dongs...
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...
COMMUNITY FOCUS
HJCC RINGS IN 77TH NEW YEAR
The Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce rang in the Year of the Rabbit at its 77th Annual Shinnen Enkai - New Year’s Celebration, on Friday, Jan. 6 in the...
Cover Story – SAKURA OF WAHIAWĀ
Dan Nakasone
Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
I vividly recalled a chilly spring day in Shinjuku, Tökyö, back in 2013. It was a feast for the senses wandering through a park with trees flushed with sakura...
Rainbow Connections – PROUD TO MAKE WAVES
Trisha Nakamura
Hawai‘i Herald Columnist
For most of the country, June is Pride month. While here on O‘ahu and Maui we coincide most of our Pride activities to the month of October (the same month when...
Cover Story – T-SHIRT THEATRE
Alan Suemori
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In the soft darkness of the Farrington High School auditorium, George Kon watches the actors on stage intently. The teenage performers who are drawn from all quarters of Kalihi...