One hundred years ago today — July 21, 1925 — the Scopes trial wrapped up in Dayton, Tennessee. Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching ...

The amazing thing about the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial being marked this month is the enduring nature of the questions it brought to the fore. These are live disputes in the courts today.

As July marks the 100th anniversary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial in nearby Dayton, Tennessee, and its focus on teaching evolution, observers have been talking about the parallels with current ...

Some in our society seem to think that the Creator has somehow been disproved by science, that evolution is a proven fact, that the Scopes Monkey Trial 100 years ago this month helped settle the ...

This July marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial — a pivotal moment in American history that reverberates far beyond the courtroom of Dayton, Tennessee. While often caricatured in ...

Could the Real Christopher Columbus Please Step Forward? A Deep Dive in All Things LBJ Letter from Berkeley: Positively the Last Word on the People’s Park It has passed into history as proof of ...

Exactly a century ago, national attention was focused on a Tennessee courthouse. It was truly — with apologies to O.J. Simpson some 70 years later — the “trial of the century.” In July 1925, it seemed ...

At least one Augusta County school leader is jonesing for a redo of the overturned verdict in the Scopes trial, where an appeals court nixed the $100 fine of the guy charged with illegally teaching ...

When the Scopes Monkey Trial was taking place 100 years ago, Nellie Kenyon was a rare female reporter on hand. Tyler Boyd of Athens is the author of “Nellie Kenyon: Trailblazing Tennessee Journalist.” ...

The cover of "The Hundred Years' Trial" and author Harold Gouzoules (top) and Alexander Gouzoules (bottom). (Courtesy of Johns Hopkins University Press, Emory University and Samantha Xia) One hundred ...