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Public Education Under Attack

Dr. Amy Perruso is a veteran National Board certified Advanced Placement social studies teacher at Mililani High School. She has been recognized nationally for her teaching, was recently elected to serve as the Hawaii State Teachers Association (HSTA) Secretary-Treasurer, is currently serving as a the only secondary teacher on the Governor’s ESSA Task Force, working […]

How to Achieve Economic Justice Under the New Administration

Victor Geminiani began his legal services career as a VISTA Volunteer lawyer with the Atlanta Legal Aid Society. He has served as the Director of Litigation and Law Reform with Bedford-Stuyvesant Community Legal Services and as Executive Director of the Legal Services of Western Massachusetts, the Legal Services of Northern California, the Legal Aid Society […]

ThinkTech: A New Chapter for Lawyers

Jay Fidell and Carol Mon Lee join Maryann Sasaki to discuss life in the law. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the night. Check us out any time for great content and great community. Our vision is to […]

The Living, Breathing Constitution – ACLU Hawaii Highlights Issues of the Day

Mateo Caballero attended the Harvard Law School. He is a litigator with a background in constitutional, housing, and general litigation. After law school, he practiced in Washington D.C. for five years—interrupted by a year-long clerkship in N.Y. After moving to Hawaii in 2013, he joined the Litigation Committee of ACLU Hawaii, and last year, became […]

US Senator Elizabeth Warren Banned From Debates – Breaking the Sexist Silence

After visiting Hawaii every year since 2007, Younghee Overly finally moved to Hawaii from North Carolina in January. Younghee went to Women’s March in DC with friends from North Carolina and marched with fellow activists from Hawaii. Younghee helped the core team who organized Hawaii’s participation in the Women’s March on DC. Activist Younghee Overly […]

The New Supreme Court

Michael Kozak is a senior associate with the Honolulu law firm of Porter MGuire Kiakona & Chow where he handles all aspects of commercial litigation including mediation, arbitration, trials and appeals. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm every weekday afternoon, Hawaii Time, then streaming earlier shows through the […]

Keeping Up the Pressure – The Worldwide Women’s Movement

Carl Campagna is the host of Movers, Shakers & Reformers on ThinkTech Hawaii. He is the husband of the WMW organizer, Sherry Campagna, and an ardent supporter of women’s rights in his own right. Carl attended the Oahu Women’s March while Sherry marched in Washington, D.C. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the Internet from 11:00 am […]

Women’s March on Washington – Sister Marches in Oahu and Across the Nation

Michael Golojuch, Jr. is a longtime civil rights activist and community organizer with a background in event production. In addition to volunteering as the Production Manager for the Women’s March – O’ahu, Michael also provides technical assistance to the neighbor islands five sister marches and Hawaii’s ‘ohana traveling to Washington. DC. for the mother Women’s […]

Seeing Red in 2017: The Reality of Trump’s Leadership

Jay Fidell visits Maryann Sasaki on Life in the Law to discuss the reality of President Donald Trump’s leadership of the executive branch. Hear about the ramifications of the recent cyber attacks during the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, Russia’s involvement and relation to Trump, geopolitics in 2017 and beyond. ThinkTech Hawaii streams live on the […]

Life After Life: Paralegal, a Second Career – Trends in the Practice with Martha Jane Urann

Martha Jane Urann is a insurance paralegal at Clay Chapman and  was a member of the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Paralegal Association for 2-3 years in like about 2002-2004. In her previous life, was a nationally known comedienne. Martha Jane has been a member of the Screen Actors Guild since “she burst onto […]

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- Aaron Boxerman, Ephrat Livni and Kayla Guo
Israel’s Wartime Government Frays as Frustration with Netanyahu Grows

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israel’s war. [...]

- Raja Abdulrahim and Bilal Shbair
Under Israeli Bombs, a Wartime Economy Emerges in Gaza

Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money. [...]

- Edward Wong
U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a Wider War

The talks were the first since Iran attacked Israel last month in retaliation for its killing of an Iranian general. [...]

- Michael C. Bender and Annie Karni
Stefanik to Denounce Biden, and Praise Trump, in Speech to Israel’s Parliament

The New York congresswoman will become the highest-ranking House Republican to speak before Israel’s Parliament since the Oct. 7 attacks, in a move meant to capitalize on Democratic divisions. [...]

- Rick Rojas and Maya King
Biden Flipped Georgia in 2020. This Year Could Be Different.

His narrow win there in 2020 was seen as a sign of Georgia’s emergence as a battleground state. But in 2024, President Biden faces a changed landscape there. [...]

Israel war cabinet minister vows to quit if there is no post-war plan for Gaza

Recent weeks have seen an increasingly public rift over how Gaza should be governed after the war. [...]

Body of hostage recovered from Gaza, says IDF

The Israeli military said Ron Benjamin was found alongside the bodies of three other hostages. [...]

Su and Steve fought for justice, but didn't live to see it

Su Gorman and Steve Dymond helped to expose an NHS scandal - but they died without seeing justice. [...]

Hepatitis C tests spike after blood scandal news

More than 12,000 people asked for tests in England after the BBC found 1,700 cases are undiagnosed. [...]

Taiwan's steely leader rewrote the book on how to deal with China

Taiwan's outgoing president says boosting her country's military was the only way to defy China's threat. [...]

Oleksandr Usyk is boxing's first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis held the honor for five months over two decades ago. [...]

Israeli war Cabinet minister Benny Gantz said there should be a six-point plan for Gaza by June 8 or he would resign. Meanwhile, the UNRWA said 800,000 people had left [...]

Bayer Leverkusen sealed a maiden Bundesliga title with several games to spare, and have now become the first side to go unbeaten for a whole season in the German top [...]

Mob violence in Kyrgyzstan in recent days has led to several Pakistani nationals getting injured. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif voiced concern, with Islamabad protesting to the Kyrgyz government. [...]

Cologne needed a minor miracle to survive going into the last game of the season, with no guarantee that a win would be enough to save them. Instead, they collapsed [...]

- Andrea Hsu
'Magic United': Disneyland characters vote to unionize

Disneyland employees in California, including those who perform as characters from Mickey Mouse to Moana, have voted to unionize. The 1,700 workers will be represented by Actors' Equity Association. [...]

- The Associated Press
Seize the Grey wins the Preakness, ending Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid

Seize the Grey ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid by going wire to wire to win the Preakness, giving trainer D. Wayne Lukas his seventh victory in [...]

- Clare Marie Schneider
A U.S. doctor in Gaza wants President Biden to know 'we are not safe'

Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon currently in Gaza. He said he's treating primarily civilians, rather than combatants: "mostly children, many women, many elderly." [...]

- Chloe Veltman
Napkin securing Lionel Messi's first contract fetches nearly $1 million at auction

The handwritten restaurant napkin from the year 2000 was the starting point for an agreement between the then 13-year-old Messi and FC Barcelona. [...]

- Daniel Estrin
A member of Israel's war cabinet says he'll quit if there is no plan to replace Hamas

The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners. [...]

- Spencer Nusbaum

The Nats’ closer has impressed all season, but he was burned for a solo homer with two outs in the ninth before Bryce Harper won it in the 10th with [...]

- Associated Press

Yankees extend their win streak to six, Soto homers twice in 6-1 win over White Sox [...]

- Noah Ferguson

Three goals in a seven-minute stretch power Washington to a 4-2 victory at Audi Field. [...]

- Associated Press

Robin Lod scored the equalizer in the second half and notched an assist Sang-Bin Jeong’s winner as Minnesota United rallied for a 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers [...]

- Adam Kilgore

Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan charged late but finished second. [...]

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