Gov. Bob Ferguson directed all state agencies to raise the flags to full-staff on Jan. 20 in honor of Inauguration Day.

After a former president dies, federal flag code dictates that flags should be flown at half-staff for 30 days out of respect. When Carter died Dec. 29 at age 100, President Joe Biden issued a ...

Throughout American history, images of Black women have been symbolized as the mammy, the welfare queen, the jezebel, the sapphire — and yes, the tragic mulatto. Meanwhile, the women themselves have ...

The U.S. flag code lays out parameters for lowering the U.S. flag to half-staff, including a 30-day period for current or ...