come to an end. Other than the Communist Party itself, no group suffered as much scrutiny or punishment during the Red Scare as the amorphous agglomeration known as the federal workforce.

These spies were not very effective. But also, most of this - almost all of it, in fact, was ended by the end of World War II. So by the time the Red Scare started, we were talking about ghosts of ...

RED SCARE: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, by Clay Risen When the end came for Joe McCarthy, it was Edward R. Murrow who delivered the knockout blow. On his CBS program ...

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.

Red Scare host Dasha Nekrasova has apparently left ... But rather than, say, advocate for a new tax cut for podcasters or the end of zoning or 24-hour bars, she seems to have adopted the position ...

Early in “Red Scare,” Clay Risen’s thorough, impassioned but even-handed study of Cold War hysteria in the U.S., the author makes a point of explaining what his subject is — and isn’t.