But is that really the case? Popular history tells us that science teacher John Thomas Scopes was put on trial for daring to ...

The Scopes trial has long been depicted as a clash between modern science and religious fundamentalism. But it was also a chapter in the eugenic racism that had become a creed of social elites in the ...

Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of evolution because ...

Both then and today, the widely publicized trial has been portrayed as a microcosm of an asserted battle between "science" ...

The anniversary of the Scopes Trial is not just a history lesson. It’s a wake-up call to become culture warriors — not with ...

The modern Christian nationalist movement has learned from the past. It can win court cases by securing control of the courts ...

Nobody was surprised when a Tennessee jury found coach and substitute teacher John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution to ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning author claims the controversial Scopes "Monkey" Trial is as relevant and impactful today as it was ...

John Washington Butler, a corn and tobacco farmer serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives, introduced the Butler Act, banning the teaching of evolution in Tennessee’s public schools. Austin ...

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

The Scopes Monkey Trial, which challenged the teaching of evolution in public schools is at the heart of unique immersive ...

DAYTON, Tenn. — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders ...