Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...

In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.

At its height, the political crackdown felt terrifying and all-encompassing. What can we learn from how the movement unfolded ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked an obscure immigration provision enacted during the J. Edgar Hoover-era Red Scare ...

The act comes up so frequently because it is the legal foundation of modern immigration law, encompassing a vast range of ...

The closest analogue to this squalid moment is the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s, when the right exploited widespread fear of communist infiltration to purge leftists from government and ...

In his meticulous and mesmerizing history Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, Clay Risen traces the cultural, political, and social forces that gave rise to ...

From the team that birthed the Edinburgh Fringe-hit show, Hey, That's My Wife! Good Crack Productions is back with their ...

The Boston Red Sox had a little scare on Tuesday but it sounds like everything is going to be okay. Boston scratched star shortstop Trevor Story shortly before ...