LONDON — England’s flag flutters in pub gardens, is painted onto the faces of smiling children and is waved in support of the national women’s soccer team by cheering crowds that reflect the capital’s ...

It’s hard to pinpoint when it happened – the exact moment when the England flag went from being a benign show of patriotism to a dog-whistle call to racism. At one point, the St George’s flag was even ...

In the United States, the Stars and Stripes are everywhere: on porches, lawns and pickup trucks. The national flag is part of the scenery, almost invisible in its ubiquity. In England, flags are rarer ...