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...
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...
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....
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)....
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,...
Cover Story – “OKAERINASAI!”
Carolyn Morinishi
Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
“Okaerinasai” or “welcome home!” in Uchinanchu (Okinawan immigrants and their descendants) were joyously recited throughout the 7th Worldwide Uchinanchu Taikai’s Festival Eve parade held in the city of...
Cover Story – REFLECTIONS
Photos Challenge Discrimination Against Micronesians in Hawai‘i
Floyd K. Takeuchi
Commentary, Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
It’s a dirty secret about life in the Aloha State: many of our newest and poorest residents don’t live a life...
Cover Story – GENERATIONAL PIES
The Hori family’s continued passion for baking
Jackie Kojima
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
In 1932, Yoshio and Miyako Hori brought two babies into the world: their son, Richard Yasuo Hori, and their bakery. Yoshio, a former...
Cover Story – SUPER COACH!
Alysa Tomasa
Special to The Hawai‘i Herald
Even those who have never watched a Little League Baseball game know the name “Gerald Oda,” manager of the two-time Little League Baseball World Series Championship team, first in...
Cover Story – NON-POLITICAL QUESTIONS WE ASKED CANDIDATES
Election Day is upon us! Voters should begin receiving their ballots in the mail for the general election on Friday, Oct. 21. To get to know the candidates better, The Hawai‘i Herald asked the...
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