Out of 28 chapters, three concern the Alger Hiss-Whittaker Chambers Case. The literature on this historical episode is sadly ...

Henry Fonda's psychological Western film Warlock explores contemporary issue such as the dangers of order without law.

The story of Hazel Scott, who started as a child prodigy and became one of the most successful Black women in entertainment history.

Trump-supporting actors Sly Stone, Jon Voight, and, cough, cough, Mel Gibson were appointed as some sort of a HUAC type Hollywood Ambassadors ... These ceremonial positions remind me of the Red Scare: ...

More than seven decades later, the legacies of the Red Scare have resurfaced in the United States – this time targeting China ...

President Harry S. Truman’s “loyalty checks” began with an executive order declaring that “there shall be a loyalty ...

Clay Risen is the author of RED SCARE: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, out from Scribner on March 18, 2025 On Jan. 22, 1953, his first day as secretary of state ...

You have to be careful who you talk to. We literally are back in the days of the Red Scare, where you have to be concerned about who overhears you in the hallway, as to whether you’re a team ...

Earlier this week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration revoked the authorization of the dye Red No. 3, which is used in a variety of foods and medications. This artificial dye, which is made from ...