Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...

For decades, Dayton locals tried to forget about the town’s connection to the controversial 1925 trial. Now, they embrace it ...

Perhaps the trial’s most lasting legacy is the precedent it set for how we engage with our ideological enemies and the role ...

In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...

Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

In 1925, the tiny, growing town of Dayton saw an economic opportunity in the ACLU's newspaper ads seeking a teacher to challenge the Butler Act.

One hundred years have passed since the Scopes Monkey Trial riveted America, and still today passions are inflamed over the ...

John Thomas Scopes unfolded in Dayton, Tennessee. Locals in Dayton now mark that history with a festival and reenactment staged in the historic Rhea County Courthouse courtroom where the 1925 ...

John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.