America's first Red Scare, an era of hostility toward perceived "disloyalty" — and relentless government repression of radicals and others — began in April 1919. Organized labor, freed from ...

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.

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

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

Another is the postwar Red Scare, when the federal government was weaponized against the American left. Trump has long vowed to root out “radical left lunatics” and “Marxist equity” from ...

A new book by journalist Clay Risen brings back to life a period of American history after World War II known as the Red Scare. According to Risen, what should've been a counterintelligence effort ...