Radio news analyst William S. Gailmor was blacklisted in the late 1940s for presenting a “popular front” perspective on the air. The popular front, a mass social democratic movement in the 1930s–40s, reached its height after World War II, embracing the causes of anti-fascism, labor rights, civil rights, civil liberties, economic democracy, and media reform. From November 1950 to November 1952 Gailmor returned to journalism, writing a regular column on “Human Welfare” issues for the New York tabloid the Daily Compass. Examining Gailmor's columns—especially those highlighting the tension between human needs and the demands of the national security state—reveals how a minority of popular front journalists continued to challenge the prevailing Cold War narrative, even at the height of the Red Scare.