The academy did not fight McCarthyism. It contributed to it.” That was historian Ellen Schrecker’s devastating conclusion in ...

For nearly 250 years, the United States has prided itself on being a nation governed by the rule of law. The principle that every person, no matter their wealth, status or popularity, is entitled to ...

Nevertheless, “’Red Scare’ resonates because it speaks so directly to our current quandary of far left and far right.” Also, ...

The North’s outrage is linked to a questionnaire sent by the Washington-based Office of Management and Budget looking into ...

The Trump administration's war of words with French officials over the Statue of Liberty and the rejection of a French ...

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.

Mahmoud Khalil — a 30-year-old Columbia University student — has been held in a federal detention center in Louisiana for, ...

McCarthyism of the early 1950s was the height of postwar anti-communism in America as Sen. Joseph McCarthy lambasted government agencies and the U.S. Army for being hot beds of communists.