Journalist Clay Risen is out with a new narrative history of the Red Scare, based in part on newly declassified sources. In ...

During the "Lavender Scare" incited by Senator Joseph McCarthy, many gay Americans were harassed, arrested, and put on trial ...

In his book, "Red Scare," Clay Risen examines the history of the 1950s anti-Communist witch hunt and connects it to Trump and ...

McCarthyism advertised itself as a response to national security threats created by the Cold War, including Soviet espionage. But the movement was bigger than Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Look back at actions of former Harvard president Nathan Pusey, who took on Senator Joseph McCarthy during the Red Scare.

"Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by ...

Murrow’s 1954 takedown of Sen. Joseph McCarthy. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic Late in the action of Good Night, and Good Luck, Clark Gregg — in a moving performance as CBS newscaster Don ...

The mood was tense. They watched an almost-final cut of an upcoming episode of their show, "See It Now," that would take direct aim at Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who had whipped up anti-communist ...