Guest: Michelle Chen is a postdoctoral fellow in history at the Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations. She teaches labor and working-class history, studies the intersection of work, ...

Risen dates the beginning of the second Red Scare (the first one erupted during the World War I era) to 1946, when Billy Wilkerson, the conservative anti-Communist publisher of The Hollywood ...

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

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.

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.

The recent detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a recent graduate of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, is troubling for many reasons. Khalil, a green card ...