Political Education

What do you do if You are Upset By a new Piece of Legislation

You’re mad as hell and want to express your displeasure about a law to someone in power. What do you do? This...

The Assassination of Fred Hampton and Mistrust for the Chicago Police Department

Mistrust for the Chicago Police Department is not new. Let us look at the case of Fred Hampton. Fred Hampton was a...

What Else Does Labor Want?

We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less arsenals;more learning and less vice;more leisure and less greed; more justice...

The Sexy Politico Looks at Women in the Air Force

McCarthyism and the Media

Early news coverage of McCarthy’s charges worked in the Senator’s favor. Newsprint did not capture the wild man image that television did....

Republican Support for McCarthism

Senate Liberals feared that a unified Democratic denunciation of Senator Joseph McCarthy. They feared it would only result in the G.O.P. uniting...

The Liberal Response to McCarthyism

How did liberals respond in the McCarthy era, and how should they have responded? This question is still a source of controversy...

Elements of McCarthyism

Most textbook and encyclopedia definitions of McCarthyism refer to unsupported and unfair accusations against innocent parties. McCarthyism has been considered a style...

The McCarthy Era

Joseph R. McCarthy was elected United States Senator from Wisconsin in 1948 following his upset victory over ‘Young Bob’ LaFollette in the...