![Oahu’s First Island-Wide Plantation Strike Ended In Failure. But It Changed Hawaii Forever](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2024/08/31120338/Screen-Shot-2024-08-31-at-5.03.19-PM-300x221.png)
Oahu’s First Island-Wide Plantation Strike Ended In Failure. But It Changed Hawaii Forever
Japanese laborers were unable to sway powerful plantation owners and hysterical English-language newspaper editors in 1909, but they set changes in motion that would dramatically shape modern Hawaii.
![Honolulu Has Been Fighting Over Illegal Vacation Rentals Since The 1970s](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2023/05/16164220/230516-dc-Kailua-Beach-1162-400x273.jpg)
Honolulu Has Been Fighting Over Illegal Vacation Rentals Since The 1970s
Whether tourists destroy neighborhoods or provide a critical financial lifeline to residents is an argument that goes back a generation.
![Hawaii Has Been Debating Marijuana Legalization For Half A Century](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2024/05/03154248/1928-Honolulu-Advertiser-mary-jane-laugh-addicts-e1714866518658-400x300.png)
Hawaii Has Been Debating Marijuana Legalization For Half A Century
Lawmakers have been vacillating over how to handle weed consumption in the islands since the late 1960s.
![Hawaii’s State Mental Hospital Has Long History of ‘Horrifying’ Problems](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2024/01/13231128/Screen-Shot-2024-01-13-at-9.13.45-PM-400x269.png)
Hawaii’s State Mental Hospital Has Long History of ‘Horrifying’ Problems
Doctors and mental health advocates have been calling for changes in how Hawaii cares for the mentally ill for generations.
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Electric Streetcars Transformed Honolulu Before They Disappeared
The city was home to an extensive streetcar system that shaped neighborhoods before it was replaced by buses and automobiles.
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Hawaii Has A Long History Of High School Football Violence
The recent decision to cancel a Waianae-Castle match over safety concerns is just the latest chapter in a saga that goes back at least 60 years.
![Hawaii Has Been Facing A Housing Crisis For Generations](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2023/07/22094204/tent-city--400x283.png)
Hawaii Has Been Facing A Housing Crisis For Generations
Politicians have been pledging to address a shortage of housing in the islands for decades, but the root causes of the crisis run deep.
![The Bizarre And Troubling Story Of Hawaii’s ‘Filipino KKK’ Scare](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2023/07/28123505/Screen-Shot-2023-07-28-at-12.01.41-PM-400x292.png)
The Bizarre And Troubling Story Of Hawaii’s ‘Filipino KKK’ Scare
In 1922, newspapers reported extensively on the possibility of a Filipino branch of the Ku Klux Klan operating in the Hawaiian islands. There was no such group, but the real story is just as dark.
![Hawaii’s Cesspool Crisis Has A Long History. It’s Not Over Yet](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2023/07/07141827/Screen-Shot-2023-07-07-at-2.17.30-PM-e1688863887725-400x374.png)
Hawaii’s Cesspool Crisis Has A Long History. It’s Not Over Yet
Concerns about the proliferation of cesspools and their impact on nearshore waters and our drinking water supply date back more than a century.
![Inside Honolulu’s Six-Decade Fight Over Rail: It’s Always Been ‘Boondoggle Or Boon’](https://d1l18ops95qbzp.cloudfront.net/wp-content/2023/06/23171125/Screen-Shot-2023-06-22-at-1.08.59-PM-400x298.png)
Inside Honolulu’s Six-Decade Fight Over Rail: It’s Always Been ‘Boondoggle Or Boon’
Proposals for an elevated rail system on Oahu date back to the 1960s. Now, at least part of a modern-day rail line is finally about to open to the public.