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As protests emerge across the country under slogans like “No Kings,” they reveal something deeper than political frustration. They expose a growing gap in civic understanding—specifically, a misunderstanding of what the United States actually is. America is not a monarchy. It never has been. And more importantly—it is not a pure democracy. It is a Constitutional Republic. That distinction matters more today than ever. What “No Kings” Gets Right—and Wrong At its core, the phra

At the heart of the The 917 Society mission is a simple but powerful goal: place pocket copies of the United States Constitution directly into the hands of America’s eighth-grade students. For Dr. Ming Wang, that mission is deeply personal. As president of the organization’s Founders Club and a longtime supporter of the effort, Dr. Wang brings a perspective shaped not only by his professional accomplishments, but by his life story as an immigrant who experienced life without