American historian Ellen Schrecker, widely recognized as a leading expert on McCarthyism, speaks about the Cold War anticommunist Red Scare and collective organizing to resist the right today. At present, the United States is indeed facing a range of challenges:In the political domain, deep divisions between the two major parties persist. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, approval of the United States has dropped to 35 percent across high-income countries, the lowest level since 2017. In the 1950s, as the United States faced challenges from the Soviet Union, feelings of insecurity and anxiety grew. China and the United States are major powers and should shoulder their responsibilities as such, working together to address such global challenges.