Children of people who were targeted during the 1950s McCarthy-era Red Scare say they remember the constant sense of surveillance they felt.

Back in the 1950s, in the United States, even a whisper of sympathy for Russia or the Soviet Union was unthinkable and seen ...

On June 1, 1950, Republican U.S. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, with support from six other Republican senators, delivered her “Declaration of Conscience” speech on the Senate floor speaking against the ...

Historians and other experts often cite the 1950s as one of the best periods in U.S. history with its post-World War II economic boom. According to History.com, the gross national product more than ...