How McCarthy scared America silent
Political Retaliation
A paranoid senator, a terrified nation, and the birth of modern political censorship. This is the chilling story of how McCarthyism came to haunt America.
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Figures of speech
The heroes and villains of free speech in American history.
WATCH VIDEO: The Senator Who Started a Witch Hunt.
WATCH VIDEO: The Pamphlet the Sparked a Revolution.
Thomas Paine: American history’s winter soldier
Press Freedom
Two hundred fifty years after "Common Sense," Thomas Paine’s life reminds us that free speech and free thought are the lifeblood of a free society.
WATCH VIDEO: The Dark History of America’s Comstock Act.
How Anthony Comstock became America’s most powerful censor
Morality Police
Anthony Comstock turned Victorian panic into federal censorship, criminalizing “obscene” speech and policing American morality. This is his story.