Sylvie Laurent, historian: 'McCarthyism was a minor version of what is unfolding in the United States today'

OP-ED. In an op-ed for Le Monde, the American studies scholar voices concern over the climate of suspicion and repression ...
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Joseph McCarthy's Downfall Was Accusing the Army of Communism

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In mid-1954, a riveted nation watched Senator Joseph McCarthy accuse the U.S. Army of being infiltrated by communists. But the army's lawyer, ...

CBS Has Been in Conservative Sights for Decades

It was Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly who in 1954 used the CBS News television broadcast "See it Now" to expose the ...
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‘Worse Than The McCarthy Era’: Professor Warns MSNBC Democracy Has Never Been More Under Siege

A philosophy professor and author shocked MSNBC's Ali Velshi when he said that American democracy has never been more under siege than it is today. The post ‘Worse Than The McCarthy Era’: Professor ...