If we want to understand how we arrived in this authoritarian moment in 2025, we need to understand one of the central pathways that brought us here: McCarthyism. In his firsthand account of the 1949 ...

Since Donald Trump retook office on January 20, he’s weaponized the federal government to execute his war on “woke,” targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, LGBTQ+ rights, and higher ...

Fascism wasn’t always a bad word in the U.S. In the 1940s and 1950s, one of the charges levied by the House Un-American Activities Committee was “premature antifascism.” Largely directed at people who ...

Georgetown graduate Clay Risen is a noted historian and veteran New York Times reporter. His current book, Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America explores Congress's ...

Journalist Clay Risen is out with a new narrative history of the Red Scare, based in part on newly declassified sources. In Red Scare, Risen depicts McCarthyism as a cultural witch hunt against all ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Florida’s new standards reframe the McCarthy era as a legitimate anti-communist effort, instructing teachers to ...