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

In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.

The detention and threatened deportation of Mahmoud Khalil stands in a long tradition of the US government using border ...

Writer Clay Risen describes the anti-Communist frenzy that destroyed the careers of thousands of teachers, union activists and civil servants — and connects that era to our current political moment.

Recent actions by the Trump administration — including the arrest of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil — have drawn comparisons to the Red Scare of the early and mid-20th century.

Another is the postwar Red Scare, when the federal government was weaponized against the American left. Trump has long vowed to root out “radical left lunatics” and “Marxist equity” from ...

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.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked an obscure immigration provision enacted during the J. Edgar Hoover-era 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 ...

The Boston Red Sox face another injury scare just before Opening Day as a utility infielder left Monday's game early.