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      A fire truck drives through a destroyed Lahaina neighborhood.

      The Climate Crisis Is a War of Terror

      Our wars, barring the use of nuclear weapons, could prove to be next to nothing compared to nature’s war of revenge on humanity.

      Tom Engelhardt
      Sep 11, 2023

      From the earliest kingdoms to late last night, history has been the story not just of the rise of great powers but of their decline and fall. So, normally, there would be nothing particularly out of the ordinary about the aging America of Joe Biden and Donald Trump, a classic imperial power distinctly in decline and threatening to split into pieces.

      As it happens, though, there’s something all too new about the 21st-century decline and fall of that other great power of the Cold War era—you know, not the Soviet Union. After all, the present downhill slide of this country is happening on a planet that itself is distinctly in trouble in terms of what’s always passed for a decent human life—and that, believe me, is something new under the sun. In fact, in some fashion, the scenario all of us, each in our own fashion, are now living through may be the least known ever.

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      A woman perfomrs a hula dance in front of a crowd of mourners.

      A Call to Remembrance and Action for Hawaiian History Month

      This September, we must acknowledge that the same greed that toppled the Hawaiian Kingdom has just destroyed Lāhainā and its people.

      Steven Marquardt
      Sep 05, 2023

      Aloha. A warm welcome and a fond farewell. An essence of being—with love, peace, compassion, and mutual respect. A way of living in harmony with the people and land around us with mercy, sympathy, grace, and kindness. Aloha to this September’s Hawaiian History Month.

      This month my people are hurting. The deadliest wildfire in Hawai‘i’s history just devastated the town of Lāhainā on Maui, the historic town that served as the first capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom. This was the deadliest wildfire in the United States in a century. At least 115 people have been killed. Hundreds are still missing and unaccounted for. The land search for survivors was completed on August 28, and survivors are no longer expected. The suffering is incomprehensible. Suffering that now stacks on top of the Hawaiian peoples’ continued suffering from the illegal occupation of their land.

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      A man in a face mask removes items from the ashes of his home.

      A Just Recovery for Maui Must Center Native Hawaiians

      As we look forward to how we not only rebuild, but work to reduce the threat of these climate change-fueled disasters, we have to change who is leading this work.

      Dr. Marcus Kawika Iwane
      Dr. Nicole Mahealani Lum, D.O.
      Aug 30, 2023

      In the wake of the Maui fires, Governor Josh Green moved to prevent the sale of land to outside investors in an effort to prevent disaster capitalism, a common pattern we’ve seen play out in the wake of disasters from Hurricane Katrina to the tsunami in Thailand. This is an important first step to prevent further displacement of Native Hawaiians, but it only scratches the surface of a deeper issue.

      In the days after the devastating wildfires on Maui, we saw patients with burns, wounds, infections, chronic disease flare-ups, displacement and, overwhelmingly, mental health crises. Neither of us would have ever imagined experiencing such a tragic crisis as a physician or seeing the amount of devastation right here at home. Treating these patients—and hundreds of Native Hawaiians in our careers—brings to life what research shows: When Native Hawaiians’ connection to land is severed, we suffer.

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