AH QUON McELRATH

Aloha e, September brings Labor Day, a national holiday that celebrates the lives of working people and the labor movement. The first...

Aloha e, I’ve been promising that our AQ documentary, The Struggle Never Ends, will be completed in 2023. The SAG-AFTRA strike has...

Aloha e, I was recently interviewed by a young Hawaiʻi journalist. When I mentioned the hardship caused by martial law in Hawaiʻi...

Aloha e, Former Governor John D. Waiheʻe III was born and raised on Hawai’i Island in Honoka`a, a working class community. He was born...

Aloha e, The month of May begins with International Workers Day on May 1 st ! This was the result of a long and often bloody struggle in...

Our moving image archive continues to provide a look at history with excerpts from Rice & Roses programs. We were surprised and happy to...

Aloha e, Ferdinand Marcos was elected President of the Philippines in 1965. In 1972 he declared martial law and ended democracy, assuming...

Aloha e, For more than a decade Honolulu has struggled to build a 20 mile rail system from Kapolei to Ala Moana Center! At its inception...

Aloha e, The AQ Project production team is happy to start the New Year with the promise of completing our documentary, The Struggle...

Aloha, The month of December is filled with holidays and cultural observances. The big ones are, of course, Christmas, Hanukkah, and...

Aloha e, I was devastated when I learned that my friend, Franklin Odo, died in September. He was a teacher and leader in the struggle for...

October is Filipino History Month, and Hawai‘i has a rich, working-class history involving the Filipino community. In 1906 the first...

Gabe was an internationally acclaimed jazz musician (alto saxophone and woodwind doubler). His mother, Chiyoko Haraga, born in Hawaiʻi,...

Maui-born Patsy Mink spent much of her life fighting for justice and equality. She chose the realm of politics. She was elected to the Terri

We certainly love our rice in Hawaiʻi. Hawaiʻi consumes the most rice per capita of any state, something like 100 lbs. per person...

AQ was a staunch advocate of reproductive rights and union support was a key element in Hawaii passing, in 1970, the first law in the...

Millions of workers who enjoy an 8-hour day owe a tremendous debt to the courage of workers in the 19th century who struggled, faced...

The historic record often highlights elected officials or names deemed famous by various media, neglecting those actually responsible. It...

March is Women’s History Month! I was delighted when our director/editor, Joy Chong-Stannard, unearthed a segment from a 1982 Rice &...

As the birthplace of Barack Obama, the first African American US president, Hawai‘i will always have a special place in the observance of...