On the whole, Catholics in 1925 had little problem with the teaching of evolution. Most likely due to the teaching of Pope ...

A hundred years after its verdict, the Scopes Monkey Trial, also known as Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, remains a cultural ...

Rarely had a trial attracted such drama, amusement and frenzy as the 1920s Scopes Trial. Few had ever produced more column inches.  July 21st marks the ...

One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began.

As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the ...

A century ago, a Tennessee science teacher's fight to teach evolution ignited national controversy. But battles over school curricula still rage.

John Scopes, a skinny, bespectacled 24-year-old, was convicted in a sensationalized courtroom battle. His crime: teaching ...

In July 1925, the tiny town of Dayton, Tennessee played host to what became the trial of the century of its day. The case centered on religion vs. science and what could be taught in public schools.

Two people have been indicted in connection with the firearm allegedly used by Ryan Wesley Routh, the man charged with ...