Ironically, congressional sponsors of the McCarran-Walter Act were at odds with the White House when the law was enacted in 1952. They overrode a veto by President Harry S. Truman, who thought the law ...

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For decades, the US Department of Justice has used a tool to sniff out former Nazis who lied their way into becoming American ...

I’m enjoying a documentary about the Cold War, which, not surprisingly, includes a segment regarding the late Sen. Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy is infamously known as the primary prosecutor of the […] ...

News First look: ‘Blacklisted: An American Story,’ a new exhibit about the Hollywood Red Scare It’s a fascinating—and relevant—historical exploration.

Culture A new exhibit on Red Scare blacklists presents chilling parallels to our current era It’s hard not to see echoes between ‘Blacklisted: An American Story’ at the New York Historical ...

When the Boston Red Sox's lineup was shared on Monday, there was a big omission. Kristian Campbell -- who has been getting repetitions at first base with Triston Casas done for the year -- wasn't ...

The Red Scare Still Haunts America The paranoia and conspiracy theories of the McCarthy era still inform our culture and politics in the present day.

Judge Geoffrey Crawford compared Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention to crackdowns during Palmer Raids and the McCarthy era.

President Trump’s sweeping agenda is facing escalating pushback over the economy and the administration's handling of deportations. Vanity Fair’s Molly Jong Fast and former governor of ...