The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its ...

Good Night, and Good Luck, the new play by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, today released production photos. Directed by Tony Award winner David Cromer, the play is now in preview performances, with ...

Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey claimed Tuesday President Donald Trump channeled “McCarthyism” by threatening to pull ...

Anyone who has been fired, or knows someone who has, must be shocked at the callousness of Elon Musk talking about taking a “chain saw” to agencies and Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management ...

Apr. 2—"Why are there so many songs about rainbows?" Kermit the Frog once sang. Well, it's because of Yip Harburg. Although not a household name, Harburg is the lyricist behind "Over the Rainbow." He ...

Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America’ by Clay Risen “As a scholarly subject, the Red Scare has never ...

McCarthyism advertised itself as a response to national security threats created by the Cold War, including Soviet espionage.

In his latest book, journalist and historian Clay Risen explores how the House Un-American Activities Committee and Senator ...

The revival of McCarthy-era repression under Donald Trump’s second term raises profound ethical and political questions for ...

I grew up in a home where that trauma hung in the air like smoke from the cigarettes chain-smoked by my mother — a civil ...

We really need more Republican members of Congress speaking up. I know they have nice jobs — little to do, decent ...