Crucially, the reporter based his account on the speech text, not off of what McCarthy actually said. This mattered because it was his article that ignited McCarthyism. In the eighth paragraph ...

As Broadway prepares to reckon with the effect of McCarthyism on journalism in the new drama, Good Night and Good Luck, go ...

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

I got an unexpected email last week from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It referenced the Prevention ...

In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.

Legal experts and civil rights advocates criticize the crackdown on public speech as the Justice Department investigates ...

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