In the storybook version of American politics, a fresh idea to benefit the common good is what gets you elected as a public ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 8, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic ...

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Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, left, and prosecutor William Jennings Bryan speak with each other during the Scopes monkey trial in July 1925, in Dayton, Tenn. (AP Photo, File) Black and white ...

American lawyer and activist Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938) questions prosecutor, former Secretary of State, and fundamentalist preacher William Jennings Bryan on the courthouse lawn. (Photo by Hulton ...

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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 ...