‘Red Scare’ author lets past political hysteria teach us about the present
Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...
Making America Red-Scared Again
In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.
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How the Red Scare Reshaped American Politics
At its height, the political crackdown felt terrifying and all-encompassing. What can we learn from how the movement unfolded ...
Why the Trump administration keeps talking about an immigration law passed during 1950s Red Scare
The act comes up so frequently because it is the legal foundation of modern immigration law, encompassing a vast range of ...
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Rubio Is Using Red Scare-Era Immigration Provision to Go After Protesters
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked an obscure immigration provision enacted during the J. Edgar Hoover-era Red Scare ...
This is the greatest threat to free speech since the Red Scare
If someone legally in the U.S. can be grabbed for engaging in constitutionally protected political activity, we are in a ...
When America Persecutes Its Teachers
In 1949, New York State passed the so-called Feinberg Law, which made membership in any group labeled subversive by the U.S.
Red Sox’s Alex Cora Gives Update After Trevor Story Scare
The Boston Red Sox had a little scare on Tuesday but it sounds like everything is going to be okay. Boston scratched star ...
Opinion: This is the greatest threat to free speech since the Red Scare
“This seems like one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threats to First Amendment freedoms in 50 years,” said Brian ...
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This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare
The closest analogue to this squalid moment is the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s, when the right exploited widespread fear of communist infiltration to purge leftists from government and ...