Nearly 80% of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the US say abortion should be legal in all or most cases

A new poll shows that Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in the US are highly supportive of legal abortion, even in situations in which the pregnant person wants an abortion for any reason.

With abortion rights poised to be one of the major issues in the 2024 election, the poll from AAPI Data and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that nearly 80% of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. They’re also supportive of federal government action to preserve abortion rights: three-quarters say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortions nationwide.

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As ‘disaster capitalists’ text survivors with offers to buy their ruined homes, a land trust is trying to help residents keep them

Mere days after wildfires tore through Maui last August and leveled the historic town of Lahaina, community organizers warned that longtime residents were vulnerable to predatory land grabs.

And they were right. As search and rescue teams painstakingly combed through the scorched ruins, traumatized survivors began receiving texts, voice messages, and letters from speculators and realtors offering to buy their burnt-out homes.

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President and ex-president capture nearly all votes in what had become token state primaries and in effect end primary season

Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump won primary elections in Georgia Tuesday, in effect sealing their respective party’s nominations for president.

Both men captured nearly all the votes cast in what had become token state primaries, along with the primary for Democrats Abroad and the Republican caucus in Hawaii. Biden also won the Northern Mariana Islands primary Tuesday morning, earning 11 delegates.

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Scientists confirm sighting of two same-sex marine giants copulating in amorous encounter off Hawaii coast

Humpback whales have been observed having sex for the first time, with this landmark moment having an interesting twist – the two whales were male.

Despite decades of research on humpback whales, sightings of the male’s penis have been rare. Copulation by the species had not been documented by people – until now, when two photographers captured images of a sexual encounter between two whales off the coast of Hawaii.

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Exclusive: Native Hawaiian midwives say new law criminalizes Indigenous birthing customs and will deal blow to maternal health

Six midwives and three patients sued the state of Hawaii on Tuesday after the government last year prohibited birth workers without a specific midwifery license from providing maternal healthcare.

The lawsuit , filed today by the Center for Reproductive Rights, claims that state lawmakers have criminalized Indigenous birthing customs and hollowed out medical care for pregnant women and families across Hawaii.

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The firestorm that engulfed Lahaina last year disrupted a whole way of life and led some to reflect on food, land and a future beyond tourism

In the aftermath of last summer’s catastrophic wildfire in West Maui, Miriam Keo began to question everything – from her well-paid union job at an upscale resort and the island’s reliance on tourism and food imports, to what role she, a Native Hawaiian, should play in rebuilding Lahaina. At the heart of much of this soul searching was the question of food ( meaʻai ) and land ( Āina ) – who controls it, and why it matters.

“My outlook changed during the pandemic, but the fire was the last straw for me … I don’t want to serve tourists any more. This isn’t what our ancestors would want,” said Keo, 40, who recently resigned from the hotel after 16 years to work at a composting company. “I want to be a better steward for my people and Āina . I want to show my kids that there’s an alternative to the corporate tourism we’ve been under for so long, and food is a big part of that.”

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An expansive show that makes the largest retrospective print exhibition of David Hockney’s career to date goes from the 50s up until 2022

For over 50 years, David Hockney has been a dominant force in contemporary art. A new career-spanning show at the Honolulu Museum of Art brings the artist back to Hawaii for the first time in many years, with an exhibition of over 100 pieces in various media documenting Hockney’s journey from the 1950s up through the pandemic years.

“We were drawn to different time periods, and making sure we were representing earlier time periods, through to later and different media – the photo collages, the photographs of drawings, and iPad, iPhone, and other digital drawing,” said Katherine Love, a co-curator of the show alongside Catherine Whitney, the museum’s director of curatorial affairs.

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Wildlife refuge pond in Hawaii has twice the salinity of seawater because of low water levels caused by drought

A pond in Hawaii has turned bubble-gum pink, in what scientists believe may be the result of “halobacteria” thriving on water with unusually high salt levels due to drought.

Staff at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge on Maui have been monitoring the pink water since 30 October.

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The landmark class-action case was one of the farthest-reaching challenges to high school sports under federal Title IX protections.