Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...
Writer Clay Risen describes the anti-Communist frenzy that destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers, union activists and civil servants — and connects that era to our current political moment.
If someone legally in the U.S. can be grabbed for engaging in constitutionally protected political activity, we are in a ...
Recent actions by the Trump administration — including the arrest of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil — have drawn comparisons to the Red Scare of the early and mid-20th century.
At its height, the political crackdown felt terrifying and all-encompassing. What can we learn from how the movement unfolded ...
In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.
The new era of Trump authoritarianism is being called by many a new McCarthyism, but that is not a good analogy. It’s looking ...
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Opinion: This is the greatest threat to free speech since the Red ScareThe closest analogue to this squalid moment is the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s, when the right exploited widespread ...
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