Red Scare
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The Red Scare followed—the government arrested and deported radicals, breaking unions like the IWW and hobbling labor for a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
To distance themselves from the Red Scare, the Reds temporarily changed their name.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2025
The following essay is based on Clay Risen’s new book Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America, out from Scribner on March 18.
From Slate • Mar. 17, 2025
When asked about his time during the Red Scare, Trumbo recounted that regardless of what we endure, we still have to have a happy life.
From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025
When I pulled up to the gates, security was especially heavy because of the Red Scare.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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