Recent Press Coverage
Ethel Rosenberg’s family pushes Biden to exonerate her decades after her execution
In 1953, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed after being convicted as Soviet spies in a sensational Cold War espionage case. Now, a recently declassified document is seen as the strongest… Read More
Will Biden Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg Posthumously? Declassified Docs Show FBI Knew She Was Innocent
"Calls are growing for President Biden to posthumously exonerate Ethel Rosenberg following newly publicized documents proving that the FBI knew of her innocence long before she was prosecuted by the… Read More
President Biden Should Pardon Ethel Rosenberg
"Seventy-five years ago, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit espionage. During their trial the following year in 1951, presiding judge Irving Kauffman… Read More
Ethel Rosenberg grandchildren urge Biden: Exonerate our grandmother
"We are the four grandchildren of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg.
When our fathers, Michael and Robert, were 10 and 6, their parents Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed by the US government after… Read More
Declassified US Memo on Ethel Rosenberg Confirms She Was No Spy: Time for President Biden to Correct the Record
Nearly 75 years after our mother, Ethel Rosenberg, was arrested for conspiracy to commit espionage and 50 years since we filed our first legal action under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to… Read More
Congress hands Biden a huge Hunter-driven pardon wishlist
"...McGovern also is urging Biden in a separate letter to posthumously exonerate Ethel Rosenberg, citing "significant evidence" that she did not engage in the Soviet spying for which she was executed… Read More
I wrote a book on the execution of the Rosenbergs for Cold War spying – and a recently declassified document has convinced me that Ethel was innocent
The sons of an American woman executed for spying on the United States during the Cold War want President Joe Biden to clear her name before he leaves office.
Ethel Rosenberg's Sons Say FOIA Documents Clear Her Name
For half a century, intense government secrecy has surrounded the most notorious McCarthy-era espionage case in history—the investigation, prosecution and execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the… Read More
Brothers seek exoneration of mother Ethel Rosenberg in Soviet spy case; declassified documents a ‘smoking gun’
For decades, Northampton resident Robert Meeropol and his brother Michael Meeropol have been pleading the case that their mother, Ethel Rosenberg, was not a spy.
Newly released document from the NSA confirms Ethel Rosenberg was executed for a crime she didn’t commit
The National Security Agency released a 74-year-old previously classified document “confirming that the U.S. government knew that Ethel Rosenberg was not a spy long before her trial and execution,”… Read More
Newly released memo clears Ethel Rosenberg of spying, but says she knew her husband did; sons seek her exoneration
NORTHAMPTON — A top U.S. codebreaker of secret Soviet Cold War communications concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s spying activities but “did not engage in the work herself,”… Read More
Declassified memo proves Ethel Rosenberg was not a Soviet spy
A top US government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the cold war concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not engage in the work… Read More
Family of Ethel Rosenberg say US document proves she was no Soviet spy
The family of Ethel Rosenberg, who was sent to the electric chair along with her husband, Julius, in 1953 after being convicted of spying for the Soviets at the height of the Red Scare, have called… Read More
Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg’s Cold War spy case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not… Read More
'Exonerating Ethel' with Jennifer Meeropol
On Sunday June 6th at 11 AM EDT, RFC Executive Director (and Ethel Rosenberg's granddaughter) Jenn Meeropol will deliver a virtual, guest presentation "Exonerating Ethel" as part of the Community… Read More
"The executed innocent: Why justice for Ethel Rosenberg still matters"
How a new investigation into a 1951 spy trial exposed long-running injustices committed in the name of US security. READ MORE
A Carnival of Breaking Stuff and Lynching: January 6th
So much we have to learn from January 6th. On the first part of today’s show History Professor Robert Schneider calls it a “Populist Transgression,” without a legitimate grievance. Other uprisings… Read More
OPINION: The Capital Rioters Were Like a Lynch Mob
Robert Meeropol is the younger son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and the adopted son of Abel and Anne Meeropol. His is the Founder and former Executive Director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children,… Read More