As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.

Despite its rather genial outcome (the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned Mr. Scopes’s conviction on a technicality), echoes from the “trial of the century” still resound in American culture ...

One hundred years ago, a public school teacher was put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution. The Scopes Monkey Trial has lessons — urgent ones — for today ...

Trump plans to tour affected areas by air, meet first responders and speak with victims' families. The administration has shifted focus from reducing FEMA to addressing the tragedy's human impact.

The 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on religion in public schools. The trial highlighted tensions ...

One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the concept of parental rights continues to fuel curriculum battles – from book bans to LGBTQ+ censorship – in school boards and state legislatures ...

A California gun dealer enlisted a small-town Wisconsin police chief to file false documents with the ATF to import specialized ammunition.