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

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

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.

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 ...

Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and the MAGA movement.

In 1949, New York State passed the so-called Feinberg Law, which made membership in any group labeled subversive by the U.S.

The Boston Red Sox face another injury scare just before Opening Day as a utility infielder left Monday's game early.

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

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.

Early in “Red Scare,” Clay Risen’s thorough, impassioned but even-handed study of Cold War hysteria in the U.S., the author makes a point of explaining what his subject is — and isn’t.