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.

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

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

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

Mahmoud Khalil is a law-abiding permanent resident of the US. The Trump administration is attempting to deport him for his ...

For decades afterward, that era — when Sen ... 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 ...

In his meticulous and mesmerizing history Red Scare: Blacklists ... is less important than the era of hysteria it ushered in, one that has never since left us. This claim makes for the urgent ...

For decades afterward, that era — when Sen ... 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 ...