Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. Flying the American flag upside down is a symbol that has sparked debate and controversy in the United States. Traditionally ...

As visitors descended on Yosemite National Park to witness its iconic “Firefall” event, an upside-down American flag was hung on a park summit to protest the ongoing federal job cuts carried ...

Anand K Sankaran captured footage, and told media-gathering website Storyful the flag was hung upside-down ... which are every American’s properties," Gavin Carpenter, a Yosemite maintenance ...

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines teamed up for what would become one of the most iconic photos in American history. Marines fighting on Iwo Jima scaled Mount Suribachi and worked together to push up ...

You can get in touch with James by emailing j.bickerton@newsweek.com An Iraq war veteran who lost her job during Trump cuts to the federal workforce has begun flying the American flag upside down ...

By Michael Levenson A small group of protesters hung an inverted American flag — historically used as a sign of distress — off the side of El Capitan, a towering rock formation in Yosemite ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Father Michael Pfleger and his South Side Saint Sabina Church community raised the American flag upside-down Monday, saying the country is in distress. Pfleger led a procession of ...

Question: I am having a problem with my HOA about the 3 feet by 5 feet thin blue stripe American flag that flies over my garage. I am a retired NYPD officer, and the blue stripe represents the ...

But this year’s visitors witnessed more than firefall on February 22. They also saw an upside-down American flag, which Yosemite employees reportedly hung over the side of El Capitan to protest ...