BERLIN – Around the world, countries have long struggled with questions about flags similar to those faced by South Carolina ... Spain's red-and-yellow colors emblazoned with a black eagle ...

The racially divisive Confederate battle flag flew at full-mast despite others flying at half-staff in South Carolina after the killing of nine black people ... saltire in red, white and blue.

“The flag has been adopted knowingly and consciously by government officials seeking to assert their commitment to black subordination.” The decision in South Carolina didn’t attract much ...

South Carolinians ... same as the red and blue colors of the U.S. flag. The more you learn about this flag, the more you love it. This is the flag with the best lessons for South Carolina.

I took a close look at all 50 state flags in the United States this week, and I ranked South Carolina’s flag second ... flag adopted in 1917: Its 13 red and yellow rays represent the nation ...