What’s it Going to Take? – Low Wages and the Lack of Affordability in Hawaiʻi | Program
INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAIʻI is taking a deeper dive into longstanding problems highlighted during our two-hour live program, What’s it Going to Take? An executive forum on making life better in Hawaiʻi.
Some data to consider:
· 51% of renting households in Hawai’i spend more than 30% of their income on rent.
· 38% of jobs pay a living wage, which equates to more than $20/hour.
· 48% of households do not meet the Survival Budget level and struggle to afford living in Hawaiʻi
*Source: Hawaiʻi Community Foundation
Learn more about the Change Framework: ChangeforHawaii.org
The first of three special editions of INSIGHTS will focus on Low Wages and the Lack of Affordability in Hawaiʻi. Those scheduled to appear on the program include: the band director of Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School in Līhuʻe, Kauaʻi; the owner of a small business in Mānoa, Oʻahu; a warehouse worker from Pālolo, Oʻahu; and a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa economist. You can join the conversation by phoning in, or by leaving us a comment on Facebook or Twitter. INSIGHTS is also streamed live on pbshawaii.org and PBS Hawaiʻi’s Facebook page.
PBS Hawaii - HIKI NŌ Episode 803 | Full Program
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Students from H.P. Baldwin High School in Wailuku, Maui tell the story of Karina Bhattacharya, a young artist diagnosed with bi-polar disorder. Bi-polar disorder, also known as manic depression, is a brain disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy, activity levels and the ability to carry out day-to-day tasks. Although her condition has presented Karina with many challenges, she tries to keep a positive outlook. Studies have shown that one silver-lining of bi-polar disorder is its possible link to increased creativity. Karina feels that it has had a positive effect on her painting. “I could see everything the way it was,” says Karina, “and I even started noticing small details. I noticed that my paintings became more vivid. I use new colors…” The ability to express herself through her art has also helped Karina deal with her disorder.
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Students at Maui High School in Kahului tell the story of a young man who restored his religious beliefs by organizing musical events for a faith-based community organization.
Students from Pacific Buddhist Academy on O‘ahu demonstrate the steps involved in a traditional Buddhist incense ritual.
The journalists from Mililani Middle School in Central O‘ahu highlight the efforts of fellow students who are restoring ancient Hawaiian fishing areas around Mokauea Island in the airport industrial area.
Students from Kaua‘i High School in Lihu‘e show us the ins and outs of a bio-mass plant on the Garden Isle.
And the students at Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School on Kaua‘i show us how a family that drag races together, stays together.
INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI‘I: Election 2018 Preview | Program
Hawai‘i has the distinction of having the lowest voter turnout in the country. Will that track record continue? INSIGHTS ON PBS HAWAI‘I previews what’s to come. In November, the people of Hawai‘i will elect a Governor, members of Congress, new Mayors for the counties of Maui and Kaua‘i, County Council members and State Legislators.
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00:03:37 1 History
00:03:46 1.1 Early radio years
00:05:54 1.1.1 Turnaround: Paley's first year
00:10:19 1.1.2 CBS takes on the Red and the Blue (1930s)
00:15:45 1.1.3 CBS launches an independent news division
00:22:34 1.1.4 Panic: iThe War of the Worlds/i radio broadcast
00:23:52 1.1.5 CBS recruits Edmund A. Chester
00:25:30 1.1.6 Zenith of network radio (1940s)
00:35:12 1.1.7 Prime time radio gives way to television (1950s)
00:39:01 1.1.8 CBS's radio programming after 1972
00:41:53 1.2 Television years: expansion and growth
00:53:28 1.2.1 Programming (1945–1970)
00:57:10 1.2.2 Programming: Rural purge and success in the 1970s and early-mid 1980s (1971–86)
01:02:59 1.2.3 Programming: Tiffany Network in distress (1986–2002)
01:11:43 1.2.4 Programming: Return to first place and rivalry with Fox (2002–present)
01:19:43 1.2.5 CBS television news operations
01:25:16 1.2.6 Color technology (1953–1967)
01:31:34 2 Conglomerate
01:35:45 2.1 Columbia Records
01:37:39 2.2 Publishing
01:39:10 2.3 CBS Musical Instruments division
01:40:45 2.4 Film production
01:42:52 2.5 Home video
01:43:38 2.6 Gabriel Toys
01:44:32 2.7 New owners
01:45:30 2.7.1 Westinghouse Electric Corporation
01:54:30 2.7.2 Viacom
01:55:28 2.7.3 CBS Corporation and CBS Studios
01:58:40 3 Programming
02:01:59 3.1 Daytime
02:05:30 3.2 Children's programming
02:10:10 3.3 Specials
02:10:19 3.3.1 Animated primetime holiday specials
02:13:42 3.3.2 Classical music specials
02:16:50 3.3.3 iCinderella/i
02:18:25 3.3.4 National Geographic
02:19:59 3.3.5 Other notable specials
02:23:07 4 Stations
02:25:59 5 Related services
02:26:08 5.1 Video-on-demand services
02:28:26 5.1.1 CBS All Access
02:30:33 5.2 CBS HD
02:34:20 6 Brand identity
02:34:30 6.1 Logos
02:37:57 6.2 Image campaigns
02:38:06 6.2.1 1980s
02:42:26 6.2.2 1990s
02:44:01 6.2.3 2000s
02:45:29 6.3 Promos
02:46:36 7 International broadcasts
02:47:03 7.1 Canada
02:48:30 7.2 Bermuda
02:48:50 7.3 Mexico
02:49:32 7.4 Europe
02:49:52 7.4.1 United Kingdom
02:51:04 7.5 Australia
02:52:10 7.6 Asia
02:52:18 7.6.1 Guam
02:53:06 7.6.2 Hong Kong
02:53:41 7.6.3 Philippines
02:54:47 7.6.4 India
02:55:16 7.6.5 Israel
02:55:47 8 Controversies
02:55:56 8.1 Brown & Williamson interview
02:56:43 8.2 Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show incident
02:58:26 8.3 Killian documents controversy
03:00:07 8.4 Hopper controversy
03:02:10 8.5 Harassment allegations
03:03:16 9 Presidents of CBS Entertainment
03:03:27 10 See also
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CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television and radio network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation. The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City (at the CBS Broadcast Center) and Los Angeles (at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center).
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Barack Hussein Obama II ( (listen); born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African American to be elected to the presidency and previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois (2005–2008).
Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, two years after the territory was admitted to the Union as the 50th state. After graduating from Columbia University in 1983, he worked as a community organizer in Chicago. In 1988, he enrolled in Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the Harvard Law Review. After graduating, he became a civil rights attorney and a professor, teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He represented the 13th district for three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, when he ran for the U.S. Senate. He received national attention in 2004 with his March primary win, his well-received July Democratic National Convention keynote address, and his landslide November election to the Senate. In 2008, he was nominated for president a year after his campaign began and after a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton. He was elected over Republican John McCain and was inaugurated on January 20, 2009. Nine months later, he was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
During his first two years in office, Obama signed many landmark bills into law. The main reforms were the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often referred to as Obamacare, shortened as the Affordable Care Act), the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 served as economic stimulus amidst the Great Recession. After a lengthy debate over the national debt limit, he signed the Budget Control and the American Taxpayer Relief Acts. In foreign policy, he increased U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, reduced nuclear weapons with the United States–Russia New START treaty, and ended military involvement in the Iraq War. He ordered military involvement in Libya in opposition to Muammar Gaddafi; Gaddafi was killed by NATO-assisted forces. He also ordered the military operations that resulted in the deaths of Osama bin Laden and suspected Yemeni Al-Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki.
After winning re-election by defeating Republican opponent Mitt Romney, Obama was sworn in for a second term in 2013. During this term, he promoted inclusiveness for LGBT Americans. His administration filed briefs that urged the Supreme Court to strike down same-sex marriage bans as unconstitutional (United States v. Windsor and Obergefell v. Hodges); same-sex marriage was fully legalized in 2015 after the Court ruled that a same-sex marriage ban was unconstitutional in Obergefell. He advocated for gun control in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, indicating support for a ban on assault weapons, and issued wide-ranging executive actions concerning climate change and immigration. In foreign policy, he ordered military intervention in Iraq in response to gains made by ISIL after the 2011 withdrawal from Iraq, continued the process of ending U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan in 2016, promoted discussions that led to the 2015 Paris Agreement on global climate change, initiated sanctions against Russia following the invasion in Ukraine and again after Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections, brokered a nuclear deal with Iran, and normalized U.S. relations with Cuba. During his term in office, America's reputation in global polling significantly improved. Evaluations of his presidency among historians and the general public place him among the upper tier of Ameri ...