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Vol. I · No. 2 · November 2026

Conducted by @felixymao880

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Contents

  1. IPrivate Belief or Public Identity: How Should Faith Be Treated Under the First Amendment?Oct 4
  2. IIIf Identity Can’t Be Expressed Freely, Is It Really Freedom? The American Flag in QuestionOct 4

Article I

Private Belief or Public Identity: How Should Faith Be Treated Under the First Amendment?

By @felixymao880

A few years ago I sat with a principal and a soccer coach in a small Midwestern town, puzzling through a problem that sounded simple and turned complex fast. A student wanted to say a quick prayer before kickoff. The coach was okay with it, some teammates were not, and parents were already emailing. The legal question was basic, yet tangled in real life: when does a prayer become school speech, and when is it just one kid taking a knee? That scene plays out across the co

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Article II

If Identity Can’t Be Expressed Freely, Is It Really Freedom? The American Flag in Question

By @felixymao880

I grew up in a place where the flag hung on the wall not as décor, but as a reminder. My grandfather folded his with slow, deliberate hands during neighborhood ceremonies, the kind where lawn chairs outnumbered cars and kids learned to keep quiet during taps. Later, as a young professional in a big city, I noticed something shift in workplaces and public spaces, a quiet thinning of the symbols that used to be everywhere. Not a ban, not even a policy we could point to, more

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