(RNS) — Perhaps the trial’s most lasting legacy is the precedent it set for how we engage with our ideological enemies and the role the media play in that discourse. (RNS) — July 10 marks 100 years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Scopes Monkey trial captivated the nation in a battle of classroom teachings. DAYTON, TN – Inside a sweltering courtroom in ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His nation is still feeling the reverberations today. The ...

DAYTON, Tennessee — 2025 marks the centennial anniversary of a revolutionary trail that played out in Tennessee. The Scopes Evolution Trial took place in Dayton, which is about an hour away from ...

DAYTON, Tenn. — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools. What ...

(The Conversation) — The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic ...

DAYTON, TN – Inside a sweltering courtroom in July, a fierce debate was underway here in this small Tennessee town. Modern science versus religion and the battle over what is taught inside America’s ...