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By mid-1944, the Red Army launched a war of annihilation. Against them stood a crumbling Wehrmacht, stretched thin and outgunned. This is the opening of one of WWII’s most devastating offensives—where ...
This wouldn’t be the first time denaturalization has been used as a tool of political repression. During the Red Scare ...
While the law behind denaturalisation has long existed, and was historically used to prosecute former Nazis and war criminals ...
With stellar performances by Theron, Sissy Spacek, Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson, “North Country” is based on a groundbreaking lawsuit brought by women miners at Minnesota’s Eveleth Mines in ...
Post-World War II, Jessica relocated to America, where she pursued a career in journalism and political campaigning, later finding herself embroiled in the Red Scare. As her sisters delve deeper into ...
Every business and nonprofit in Nebraska will soon have to attest that they do not work for adversaries like China under a new law that opponents call modern-day McCarthyism.
Get out of the heat this summer and feel your blood boil – come to New York Historical’s new exhibit, “Blacklisted: An American Story” and be horrified by the recognition that the assault of civil ...
Culture A new exhibit on Red Scare blacklists presents chilling parallels to our current era It’s hard not to see echoes between ‘Blacklisted: An American Story’ at the New York Historical ...
Murrow was one of the most respected broadcasters of his time, known for his live World War II reporting and later for confronting Senator Joseph McCarthy at the height of the Red Scare.
There was a brief period termed the Red Scare around 1920, but after World War II, alarmists, conspiracy theorists, and opportunists fanned fear of the Soviets.
The Red Scare Still Haunts America The paranoia and conspiracy theories of the McCarthy era still inform our culture and politics in the present day.
An Exhibition Explores Whether the Red Scare Has Lessons for America Today The New York Historical prepares to examine the campaign against Communism that once shook Hollywood and beyond.