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.

As Broadway prepares to reckon with the effect of McCarthyism on journalism in the new drama, Good Night and Good Luck, go ...

The academy did not fight McCarthyism. It contributed to it.” That was historian Ellen Schrecker’s devastating conclusion in ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Clay Risen about his new book, "Red Scare," which tells the story of McCarthyism based in part on newly declassified sources.

Nevertheless, “’Red Scare’ resonates because it speaks so directly to our current quandary of far left and far right.” Also, ...

George Clooney, promoting his new Broadway show "Good Night and Good Luck," offered a stark warning for Americans about he ...

The new era of Trump authoritarianism is being called by many a new McCarthyism, but that is not a good analogy. It’s looking ...

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

The following essay is based on Clay Risen’s new book Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, out from Scribner on March 18. On April 28, 1948, a physicist ...

“Red Scare” burrows deep not just into the well-known major players, including Sen. Joseph McCarthy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Alger Hiss, and the Hollywood Ten, but also the myriad ...