One section of the exhibit, titled “Talented and Targeted,” focuses on artists whose careers were upended by the blacklist. Some like actor Paul Robeson were well-known, but others such as musician ...

In Red Scare, Risen depicts McCarthyism as a cultural witch hunt against all ... Risen joins NPR's Steve Inskeep for a conversation about Senator Joseph McCarthy's personal and political ...

Now we know what happens when Trumpism meets McCarthyism." Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accused Republicans of using "Joe McCarthy's 1950s red scare tactics." ...

Central Vermont’s brief chapter in the McCarthy era is a con­voluted tale with a colorful cast, including an Arctic explor­er, a Mongo­lian Buddhist leader, a China expert, a Red-hunting ...

Because Joseph McCarthy fingered so many innocent people, it was common at the time to assume that most of the Cold War red scare’s other victims were also “innocent liberals.” They were not ...

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The hero of Joe DiPietro’s new comic drama is Margaret Chase Smith, a U.S. senator who had the rare courage to stand up to McCarthyism. By Laura Collins-Hughes NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The woman ...

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.

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.