Chicago's Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight ...

The setting for the “Trial of the Century” was the small county-seat town of Dayton, 40 miles north of Chattanooga. Better ...

The Scopes "Monkey trial" in 1925 in Tennessee wasn't supposed to be about Genesis versus Darwin, but that's the way it ...

1896: William Jennings Bryan stepped onto the podium at the Democratic National Convention inside the Chicago Coliseum at ...

A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test ...

Tensions between religion and science erupted in a hot and humid courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago this month.

Opinion American populists used to run against tariffs. It could happen again. William Jennings Bryan stoked a worker revolt against protectionism that led to the first income tax.

One hundred years ago, in Dayton, Tennessee, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was underway, with the battle for children’s public education in the balance. This case has become infamous in American legal ...

Sitter William Jennings Bryan, 19 Mar 1860 - 26 Jul 1925 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Date 1900 Object number NPG.83.177 Restrictions & Rights CC0 Type Print Medium ...

News about William Jennings Bryan. Commentary and archival information about William Jennings Bryan from The New York Times.

Joe Biden’s money giveaways mirrored that of his idol, William Jennings Bryan, the Democrat who formulated the “easy money” policy of the unlimited coinage of silver coins. Ironically Mr ...