Roy Cohn

The closeted right-wing operative has become a tragic character in the American repertory.

A new film examines Trump's formative years under the tutelage of Roy Cohn.

Roy Cohn connects the McCarthy era to the age of Trump across more than half a century.

A documentary about his life and circle is a study in complicity.

How Angels in America put Roy Cohn into the definitive story of AIDS.

Remembering the switchboard operator who listened in on Cohn’s calls with Nancy Reagan, Gloria Vanderbilt, Carlo Gambino, and Trump.

How Joseph McCarthy henchman Roy Cohn became Donald Trump’s mentor.

The Rosenbergs were executed for being Soviet spies, but their sons have spent decades trying to clear their mother’s name. Are they close to a breakthrough?

A new biography of Joseph McCarthy does not reckon with the devastating effects of anti-communism.

Because that moment isn’t quite what we remember.

Posing as ‘John Barron,’ he claimed he owned most of his father’s real estate empire.

The government saw Red when looking at William Gropper's painting of the United States.

The budding mogul had a soft spot (but a short memory) for wiseguys.

At its height, the political crackdown felt terrifying and all-encompassing. What can we learn from how the movement unfolded—and from how it came to an end?

When Nixon practiced law, he declined divorce cases because he disliked frank sexual talk from women. Trump asked Playboy to run a “Girls of Trump” feature.

A new book examines explores the ways that an uncritical celebration of “good” gays and “good” gayness can cause harm.

Is the Republican Party compatible with democracy?

Censure brought down a crusading anti-communist senator but fired up his followers.

McCarthy never sent a single “subversive” to jail, but, decades later, the spirit of his conspiracy-mongering endures.

The pursuit of justice has been defined by a rote binary of punished in a cage versus unpunished and free.