‘Red Scare’ author lets past political hysteria teach us about the present
Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...
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The Media Spawned McCarthyism. Now It's Happening Again
This mattered because it was his article that ignited McCarthyism. In the eighth paragraph, the reporter repeated the claim from the speech text that McCarthy had “a list of 205” spies. McCarthy, ...
Trumpist neo-McCarthyism: Deportation for disfavored speech
Trump’s attacks on his political opponents, including law firms that have represented those opponents, as well as his attacks on those engaged in speech and political advocacy he disfavors, are the ...
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'Reeks of McCarthyism': Experts condemn 'targeted attack' after protester's arrest
In a CNN interview Monday, the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union likened the arrest of a ...
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Echoes of McCarthyism in the here and now
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. While in college in the early 1950s, students were mesmerized by the ...
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MY TURN: Have you no decency?
No good citizen’s reputation is safe with bullies who are willing to spread gossip and falsehoods like a virus throughout our community. These people have forsaken the fundamental shared precepts and ...
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New McCarthyism: Pro-Palestine group denounces U.S. Senate crackdown on Gaza protests
The term "McCarthyism" refers to the campaign led by U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s, which sought to expose ...
‘McCarthyism reborn’: QUT academic blasts anti-Semitism definition
The Queensland University of Technology’s Chelsea Watego, who runs the Carumba Institute that ran a controversial anti-racism symposium, has condemned a new definition of anti-Semitism agreed to by ...
Democrats go full McCarthy with attacks on Musk’s nationality, loyalties
Democratic leaders have been questioning the loyalty of those who support or work with the Trump Administration, echoing ...
Anti-DEI Attacks on Georgetown Law Violate the First Amendment
Here’s an administration that roared into the White House in part on a promise to sweep away a heavy-handed bureaucracy that ...
What's next in the case for detained Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil
The recent arrest of a Columbia University activist has sparked protests and many questions about the legality of his detention. Mahmoud Khalil now faces deportation after he was taken into ICE ...