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Ka Malu ‘Ulu o Lele: Looking to the past to see the future

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Ka Malu ‘Ulu o Lele: Looking to the past to see the future

A traditional name for Lahaina is Malu ‘Ulu o Lele, the shaded breadfruit grove of Lele, connecting us to a time when the area’s agroforestry consisted of ‘ulu, coconut, kalo and all kinds of crops. For many generations Lahaina was the seat of power for Maui’s ruling chiefs

“A Vision of Law that Will Save Our Lives”

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“A Vision of Law that Will Save Our Lives”

If the legal process is thwarted … what about the rule of law? As legal scholars who have dedicated our lives to teaching the rule of law, we are called to respond. by Emeritus Professor Charles Lawrence and Professor Mari Matsuda, UH William S. Richardson School of Law Dr. Jamaica Heolimeleikalani

I Mana ka Mo‘olelo: Nurturing Pilina with Palesetina

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I Mana ka Mo‘olelo: Nurturing Pilina with Palesetina

What we are witnessing is a luku hoʻopau. A willful slaughter. Here are the numbers: It has been almost eight months and over 35,000 Palestinians have been killed. Even with the UN’s revised numbers, over half of them are women and children. It is estimated that at least

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Shut Down Red Hill

Kaʻohewai Demands Shutdown of Kapūkaki (Red Hill) Fuel Tanks It has become increasingly clear that the Navy has lied for years and even in the last weeks about the safety of its Kapūkaki (Red Hill) underground fuel tanks. Kaʻohewai—a coalition of Hawaiian organizations rising in defense of Kapūkaki, and

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Ola I Ka Wai: East Maui

The Commission on Water Resource Management—charged with upholding the state of Hawai‘i’s Water Code—has allowed the dewatering of East Maui to the detriment of the communities that depend on the water to survive. The rights of community farmers and downstream users are being ignored and laws