Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Joseph McCarthy

The Secret Origins of 'Conspiracy Theory'

A new book shows how a phrase made its way from the crime pages to our political arguments—and picked up a passel of meanings along the way.

Reason

Why everyone should be a student of American studies

The US president Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign policy has surprised much of the world, particularly US allies. It breaks with expectations about how the US has traditionally behaved.

The Conversation

Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly revives Cold War persecution of Americans with supposedly disloyal views

In an unprecedented step, the Department of Defense announced online on Nov. 24, 2025, that it was reviewing statements by U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, who is a retired Navy captain, decorated combat veteran and former NASA astronaut.

The Conversation

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare

As the United States faces increasing incidents of book banning and threats of governmental intervention – as seen in the temporary suspension of TV host Jimmy Kimmel – the common reflex for many who want to safeguard free expression is to turn to the First Amendment and its free speech…

The Conversation

She was blacklisted during McCarthyism. Now she's speaking out against Florida's teaching standards

At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet

The Independent UK

Critics warn Florida's new teaching standards rehabilitate aspects of the anti-communist Red Scare

Critics are warning that Florida's new social studies standards rehabilitate aspects of McCarthyism and the anti-communist Red Scare

The Independent UK

What to know about how Florida will teach McCarthyism and the Cold War

Students in Florida’s public schools will soon be learning an interpretation of McCarthyism and the Cold War that is steeped in rhetoric of that era

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Jane Fonda joined by more than 550 stars as she relaunches McCarthy-era free speech committee

Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment, which was founded by her father Henry Fonda in the late 1940s, in order to protect free speech from government censorship. This comes in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension under pressure from the Trump administration.

Euronews

Democrats liken Trump to Putin after call to use US cities for military training

Illinois governor JB Pritzker and others condemn president for suggesting cities be used as military training grounds

The Guardian - US

Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group backed by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

The Guardian - US

McCarthyism’s shadow looms over controversial firing of Texas professor who taught about gender identity

Texas AM University announced the resignation of its president, Mark A. Welsh III, on Sept. 18, 2025, following a controversial decision earlier in the month to fire a professor over a classroom exchange with a student about gender identity.

The Conversation

History teaches us that authoritarians use any excuse to seize power

Nazis used the 1933 Reichstag blaze to justify snuffing out civil liberties. In the US, the calls for a crackdown have already begun

The Guardian - US

Political witch hunts and blacklists: Donald Trump and the new era of McCarthyism

A modern-day political inquisition is unfolding in “digital town squares” across the United States. The slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk has become a focal point for a coordinated campaign of silencing critics that chillingly echoes one of the darkest chapters in American history.

The Conversation

Um, Laura Loomer says ‘Joseph McCarthy was right’ and ‘we need to make McCarthy great again’

Laura Loomer wants to "make McCarthy great again."

We Got This Covered

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

I’m no fan of Elon Musk. But Trump’s threat to deport him is sickening

The president said he would ‘take a look’ at deporting the US citizen amid a political feud, as Republicans make similar remarks about Zohran Mamdani

Reason

McCarthyism, Past—and Present?

Clay Risen's Red Scare book wrongly frames it as an exclusively conservative hysteria.

Salon

Murrow vs. McCarthy, again

Good Night, and Good Luck goes live as Murrow’s takedown of political fear feels timely again

Texas Observer

Amid New McCarthyism, the Alliance for Texas History Embraces Diverse Scholarship

“It’s particularly important at a moment when our state leaders have demonstrated that they don't want students to have a really full, inclusive accounting of our state or national past.”

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reason

Did Bill Buckley Really Lead a Successful Revolution?

You can hear echoes of Buckley's early career in more than one MAGA crusader's rhetoric today. That's not a sign of a man who won.

Latin Times

Dem Senators Slam Marco Rubio Over Alignment With Trump: 'I Regret Voting For You For Secretary Of State'

Democratic senators expressed disappointment at Marco Rubio's alignment with the Trump administration and said they regret voting to confirm him to his post

The Guardian - US

This land is their land: Trump is selling out the US’s beloved wilderness

During the McCarthy era’s darkest days, public lands came under attack. History now repeats itself – and this may be the last chance to defend what’s ours

The Guardian - US

‘The universities are the enemy’: why the right detests the American campus

For centuries, the academy was exclusive to the Christian elite. When that began to change, an onslaught began

The Independent UK

Trump is desperate to brand his opponents as communists. But why?

A 'Red Scare'-era figure influenced a young Trump

The Conversation

From the Chinese Exclusion Act to pro-Palestinian activists: The evolution of politically motivated deportations

The recent deportation orders targeting foreign students in the U.S. have prompted a heated debate about the legality of these actions. The Trump administration made no secret that many individuals were facing removal because of their pro-Palestinian advocacy.

Salon

Rubio grants GOP wishes to kill US power

The GOP has tried to take down the State Department for decades

1 2 3

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the Trump Administration

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.