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 ...

“This seems like one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threats to First Amendment freedoms in 50 years,” said Brian ...

President Trump’s crusade against higher education is not without precedent. Campus politics have long been a source of ...

In 'Red Scare,' Risen analyzes the rise and fall of McCarthyism a plague that our country has never fully conquered.

Democratic leaders have been questioning the loyalty of those who support or work with the Trump Administration, echoing ...

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 ...