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Yet More Fabricated History: Herbert Wendt’s Search for Scopes

by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...

1 in 4 Americans Reject Evolution, A Century After the Scopes Monkey Trial Spotlighted the Clash between Science and Religion

by William Trollinger and Susan Trollinger Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared at The Conversation. We are grateful to the editors to republish it here. The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law...

How the Scopes Trial was Almost Scooped

by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...

A Century After Scopes: Much Has Not Changed, and Much Has Changed

by Susan Trollinger and William Trollinger Teacher John Scopes (left), and crowds outside the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee. Image via The Vintage News. Here we are, at the centenary of the Scopes Trial. And last week was very much a Scopes week. On Tuesday...

Worst. Book about the Scopes Trial. Ever!

by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological interference. He is the author of numerous articles on evolution...

Red Dynamite: Creationism, Culture Wars and Anticommunism in America: An Interview with Carl Weinberg (a.k.a., the perfect post for Labor Day)

by William Trollinger Book Cover for Carl R. Weinberg’s Red Dynamite: Creationism: Culture Wars, and Anticommunism in America (2021, Cornell University Press) Carl R. Weinberg is Senior Lecturer in the College of Arts and Sciences and Adjunct Associate Professor...