When we think about the visuals that represent America, we might picture the Statue of Liberty, Bald Eagles, the Great Seal ...

Howard County officially raised its new flag Monday in front of the county’s George Howard Building in Ellicott City. The ...

A new flag now flies over Howard County government buildings. A new flag now flies over Howard County government buildings.

Howard County raised its new flag for the first time at a special ceremony Monday morning outside the George Howard Building ...

But for a lot of Americans, the celebration, and the flag itself, are more complicated than that. That’s the question that Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in show, is setting out to tackle this ...