In his book, "Red Scare," Clay Risen examines the history of the 1950s anti-Communist witch hunt and connects it to Trump and ...

In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...

Look back at actions of former Harvard president Nathan Pusey, who took on Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare.

McCarthyism advertised itself as a response to national security threats created by the Cold War, including Soviet espionage.

That period of history is the focus of the new book "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America." Author and reporter Clay Risen joins the show to discuss past political ...

America has periodically faced great national tests. The Civil War and Reconstruction. The Great Depression. McCarthyism and ...

As with earlier Red Scares, Democrats laid the groundwork for the current crackdown on dissent.

Ever since I was a child, Oklahoma schools have struggled in terms of teaching history and civics. Even when I was too young ...

It is our fate — largely our own doing — to live at a time when the arc is going backward. Backward, perhaps, to the Gilded ...

The book “Policing Show Business” shows how Trump’s attacks on “radical leftists” are like a sequel to the Red Scare.

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. A new book by journalist Clay ...