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The Confederate combat flag, routinely known by means of its formidable pink historical past decorated with a blue saltire and white stars, has was probably the…

A few summers ago, a parks director in a midwestern town told me about a Fourth of July email chain that spiraled. A volunteer asked if the community center cou…

The first thing I noticed when I stepped into Ms. Porter’s ninth grade English class was not the rows of battered novels or the whiteboard tattooed with quotes.…

A middle school principal once told me that the hardest decision she made had nothing to do with test scores or hiring. It was a flag. The school had always dis…

A excessive faculty senior pulled a small American flag out of his backpack beforehand first duration, propped it on his table, and waited. No chant, no speech,…

A few summers ago, a small-town library I know took down its lobby flag to make space for a display on local art. The director figured it would be a one-week re…

A few years ago I sat with a high school junior in the guidance office after a minor dust-up in the lunchroom. He had bowed his head for a quick grace. A nearby…

I have stood in front of a classroom where a single flag pinned to a corkboard felt heavier than a textbook cart. The students were the same ones who traded gum…