To reject the flag is, in some ways, akin to rejecting part of oneself. What does it mean when so many Americans have let the ...

The Brooklyn-based jeweler who founded his brand with bold Lucite creations, has been a trailblazer of the marginalized in ...

Federal law allows the American flag to be flown upside down, but only as a “signal of dire distress." Why has it been seen lately?

A group of frustrated Yosemite National Park staffers hoping to draw attention to the federal government’s sweeping workforce cuts hung an upside-down American flag Saturday thousands of feet ...

Personal distress There have been some notable instances in American history when the flag was flown upside down. Overturning of Roe v. Wade The Flint, Michigan, water crisis Sept. 11 terrorist attack ...

The flag hung upside down — a long-standing signal of distress or protest — for several hours before being removed. The protest was first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle.