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 ...

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

If today the government feels free to target pro-Palestinian protesters, tomorrow it could go after other outspoken critics ...

Risen, a historian and journalist, believes that the roots of today’s political hard right are to be found in the Red Scare that lasted from the mid ... to those that supported Senator Joseph McCarthy ...

In a CNN interview Monday, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union likened the arrest of a ...

McCarthy is U.S. Sen ... Kennedy Sr., had roles in the Red Scare. What did their actions reveal about them? Truman was a very capable leader, but he was dropped in midstream to a lot of issues ...

FIRST ON FOX: The “Renewal of the American Dream" is the theme of President Donald Trump’s first address of his second term ...

Joseph McCarthy, the audaciously dishonest ... just as leftists were during the Red Scare. I wouldn’t be surprised if Khalil’s arrest proves popular, but that won’t make it any less shameful ...