This is the Forward’s coverage of U.S. Sen. Joseph McCarthy, who led the McCarthyism movement (also known as the Second Red Scare), a witch hunt against Communists.
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Film & TV Decades after her ancestor was blacklisted from Hollywood, this teenager is bringing her family’s history to light
Simone Elias’ book teaches the history of Golden Age cinema — including its antisemitism — to Gen Z.
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Opinion As Jimmy Kimmel is pulled off air, ‘this is so much worse than McCarthyism’
Charlie Kirk's murder is accelerating the White House's battle against cultural and academic freedom
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Culture A new exhibit on Red Scare blacklists presents chilling parallels to our current era
It's hard not to see echoes between ‘Blacklisted: An American Story’ at the New York Historical and Trump's ideological crackdowns
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News Is the crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism the new Red Scare?
Judge Geoffrey Crawford compared Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention to the Palmer Raids and McCarthy era
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Film & TV How Marlene Dietrich saved me — or maybe my twin sister — and helped inspire me to become a lifelong activist
Eleanor Rubin's first brush with fame and activism came unexpectedly during the 1942 Dietrich film 'The Lady Is Willing'
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Culture Targeted by Trump for oblivion, the Voice of America once nurtured the dreams of Jews worldwide
Founded in 1942 to fight Nazi propaganda, the broadcaster won the hearts of listeners in dozens of languages
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Books 75 years after the birth of McCarthyism, scoundrel time returns to America
Clay Risen's 'Red Scare' recalls a societal plague that had been quieted but never fully conquered
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Opinion Don’t compare Trump’s US to Nazi Germany. These 3 American moments are more apt.
There is a straight line from Sen. Joseph McCarthy to President Donald Trump
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Opinion Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point
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