Red Scare

March 1, 1998

Heated reactions

I expected some reaction from our readers. I was not prepared for an onslaught of letters, faxes, e-mails, phone calls and even personal visits as a result of running a piece on the firing of three UW professors during the Red Scare.

December 1, 1997

Seeing red

Fifty years ago, a hearing on “un-American” activities tore the UW campus apart, setting a precedent for faculty firings across academe.

UW remembers

Some universities would be happy to forget that the infamous Canwell Committee hearings ever happened, but the University of Washington is not afraid to examine its past.