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

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 ...

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

I got an unexpected email last week from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It referenced the Prevention ...

As Broadway prepares to reckon with the effect of McCarthyism on journalism in the new drama, Good Night and Good Luck, go ...

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

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.