There’s no question that the threats to free speech that have emanated from MAGA-land lately are reminiscent of the Red Scare led by the right-wing demagogue and U.S. senator Joseph McCarthy in the ...

The political theorist Corey Robin walks through the history of the Red Scare and the “fractured mirror” it is to Trump’s attack on the “radical left.” This is an edited transcript of an episode of ...

Ahead of his lecture at the Kentucky Center, he spoke with LPM’s Bill Burton about his book and the beginnings of the Cold War. This transcript has been edited for brevity and clarity. Bill Burton: ...

Georgetown graduate Clay Risen is a noted historian and veteran New York Times reporter. His current book, Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America explores Congress's ...

Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Trump administration has been threatening to retaliate against the “radical left.” This response has echoes in American history — in the Red Scare. In the hours ...