The Latest Breaking News from Joseph McCarthy

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…

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

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

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.

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

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.

Laura Loomer wants to "make McCarthy great again."

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

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