Political Crisis Means Boom Times for Nepal’s Flag Makers
Since Nepal’s prime minister dissolved parliament in December, chaos has engulfed the Himalayan nation, with huge protests and the ruling party split into two warring factions.
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Boston Can Reject Religious Flag at City Hall
In a major ruling on free speech and religion, a city that has flown hundreds of flags supporting other causes was allowed to rebuff a Christian one.
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Georgia Cop Fired for Flying Confederate Flag Argues Against City Policy
An attorney for a Georgia cop fired after parking her police cruiser under a Confederate flag in her front yard asked an 11th Circuit panel Tuesday to give her another chance to show the police department violated her free speech rights.
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Mississippi Voters Approve New Magnolia-Inspired Flag
Mississippians on Tuesday overwhelming approved a new state flag design featuring the magnolia flower to replace the 126-year-old Confederate-themed battle flag brought down by lawmakers this summer amid calls for racial justice and equality.
Read moreNew Jersey Politics
John Roth, the mayor of Mahwah, New Jersey, faces a federal complaint from his predecessor, William Laforet, over a summons Laforet received for hanging an American flag from his business. Alleging political retribution, Laforet says there is no ordinance against hanging flags on property, and no other summons for flag diplays have been issued in the entire township.
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Mississippians Set to Vote on Final Flag Design
A commission on Wednesday chose a new Mississippi state flag design featuring the magnolia flower to replace the Confederate-themed flag brought down by lawmakers two months ago in response to nationwide calls for racial equality.
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Five Flag Designs Make Final Cut in Mississippi
Mississippi is one step closer to picking a new state flag after a commission on Tuesday advanced five final designs from the thousands of submissions received to replace the Confederate-themed flag brought down by lawmakers in June amid nationwide calls for racial justice.
Read moreProtest Flags
Lewisburg, Pa., issued three summonses, punishable by $900 in fines, for burning “Trump protest flags,” including “a Trump campaign flag sewn together with a Nazi flag [and] a Trump campaign flag sewn together with a flag of the former Soviet Union,” a man claims in a federal complaint.
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Mississippi Governor Signs Bill Removing Confederate Symbol From State Flag
(CN) — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves on Tuesday signed a bill officially retiring the Confederate symbol that has been sewed
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Mississippi Surrenders Confederate Symbol From State Flag
Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the South lost the Civil War.
Read moreMississippi Takes Step Toward Dropping Rebel Image From Flag
Spectators at the Mississippi Capitol broke into applause Saturday as lawmakers took a big step toward erasing the Confederate battle emblem from the state flag, a symbol that has come under intensifying criticism in recent weeks amid nationwide protests against racial injustice.
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NASCAR Bans Confederate Flag From Its Races, Venues
For more than 70 years, the Confederate flag was a familiar sight at NASCAR races. Through the civil rights era right on through the season opener at Daytona in February, the flag dotted infield campsites and was waved in grandstands by fans young and old.
Read moreFlag Burner
Gene Stilp sued Harrisburg, Pa. and the Pennsylvania secretary of general services in federal court, claiming he was arrested unconstitutionally for trying to burn a Trump campaign flag, though he had a permit to do so.
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Iranian Factory Makes US Flags to Burn
Near the hometown of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, workers at a small Iranian factory diligently add all 50 stars and 13 red-and-white bars to what are supposed to be U.S. flags, and carefully imprint the blue Star of David on Israeli ones.
Read moreNC City Votes Against Reality TV Star’s Giant Flag
Officials for a North Carolina city declined Monday night to change an ordinance to allow the flying of oversized flags, rebuking reality TV star Marcus Lemonis and the massive Old Glory outside his RV dealership.
Read moreStacey Abrams Defends Burning Georgia Flag in 1992
Before she was the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor, Stacey Abrams participated in a flag-burning protest of the Georgia state flag, which featured a prominent Confederate symbol, more than 25 years ago.
Read moreJudge Quashes Bid to Fly ‘Christian Flag’ in Boston
A civic group failed to persuade a federal judge Wednesday that Boston must mark its proposed event by flying a flag featuring a red Latin cross.
Read moreBoston Ban on Religious Flags Inspires Suit
A civic group that wants to fly a flag of a red Latin cross over Boston City Hall brought a federal complaint Friday to get its way.
Read moreGroup Calls Mississippi Flag ‘Racially Hostile’
A Mississippi nonprofit sued the city of Ocean Springs on Tuesday, claiming its display of the state flag is “racially hostile and demeaning” because of its inclusion of the Confederate battle emblem.
Read moreOriginal Flag Burner Sues Over Failed Reboot at GOP Convention
A San Francisco man whose right to burn the flag was enshrined into U.S. law sued Cleveland and conspiracy theorist radio host Alex Jones, claiming the city suppressed a flag-burning protest at last year’s GOP convention and Jones’ InfoWars reporters gave false reports to bolster assault charges.
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