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.

The Cold War, a decades-long geopolitical standoff between United States and the Soviet Union, is one of the most defining ...

The Red Scare was about many things ... The other was the sudden, terrifying onset of the Cold War, with its prospects for a nuclear-tipped global conflict. Together, these impulses unleashed ...

As Broadway prepares to reckon with the effect of McCarthyism on journalism in the new drama, Good Night and Good Luck, go ...

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Conservatives have been trying to reshape the American university since the federal government began funding it in earnest in the mid-20th century. But now the Trump administration appears prepared to ...

NIST tells scientists who partner with the AI Safety Institute to remove references to “AI safety,” “responsible AI,” and “AI ...

City Lit Theater has announced its programming for the 2025-26 season, the company’s 45th. The season will have a strong ...

The new era of Trump authoritarianism is being called by many a new McCarthyism, but that is not a good analogy. It’s looking ...

Most of the people accused of treason and/or subversion were union workers, government employees, prominent intellectuals, ...

In American understanding, the Cold War was an ideological confrontation between freedom and democracy, on the one ...