Iowa Labor History Society was formed almost a decade ago to preserve and promote the history of Iowa's workers, which in turn helped shape the history of the state. The ILHS is bringing the true ...

Darrow is striking it rich by scouring the internet for corporate misdeeds. But one of its revenue sources—sharing legal awards—raises ethical concerns among some lawyers. At first glance, a 2021 ...

The Scopes Monkey Trial, while ostensibly about evolution vs. creationism, highlighted the question of parental control over school curricula. The author argues for upholding academic freedom, guided ...

In the race to replace 14th Judicial Circuit Judge Larry Vandersnick, Clarence Darrow of Rock Island won the Democratic nomination in a three-way race Tuesday. Darrow got 10,652 votes, to defeat Trish ...

One hundred years ago this month, Americans became fixated on a sensational jury trial in Dayton, Tennessee. Famed trial attorney Clarence Darrow and lawyer-orator William Jennings Bryan faced off in ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a weekly series on our region’s history coordinated by the Trumbull County Historical Society. In 1925, during one of the hottest summers anyone could remember, hundreds ...

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 ...

Before O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century,” another courtroom clash riveted America and merited that title. In the sleepy town of Dayton, Tenn., on July 10, 1925, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was ...

It was called “the trial of the century,” and it brought a circus-like atmosphere and a compelling cast of characters to a small-town courthouse in Dayton, TN during the sweltering July of 1925. The ...

Black advanced through the ranks of the Dade County Public Defender's Office in 1970s to become one of the best-known defense attorneys in the nation. I am going to do something most journalists don't ...

The courtroom has lost one of its fiercest gladiators. Roy Black, the titan of criminal defense who vaulted into national prominence after securing an acquittal for William Kennedy Smith in a headline ...

July 21 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1861, the first major military engagement of the Civil War occurred at Bull Run Creek, Va. In 1918, a German U-boat fired on the town of Orleans, Mass., on ...