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

At its height, the political crackdown felt terrifying and all-encompassing. What can we learn from how the movement unfolded ...

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

Instead, Trump and Vance have revealed to Americans and to America’s allies their alignment with Russia, and their animosity ...

The Hiss–Chambers affair marked the point where the Cold War came home to America ... articulate and successful former State Department official, Alger Hiss, of passing secret documents to the Soviets ...

There is now a new cold war taking shape. This is different in scope and substance compared to the one waged after the end of the Second World War. Then the contestants were what was at that time ...

loading In an extraordinary meeting that was broadcast live on Friday, Trump accused Zelenskiy of being ungrateful for U.S. aid, of showing disrespect to his country and of risking World War Three ...