Monkey Girl: Evolution, Education, Religion, and the Battle for America's Soul

Citizens in more than two dozen states agitate to introduce the supernatural in public school science classes. Legislators introduce bills in support. The U.S. president and more than a few U.S. senators and governors call it a good idea.

School boards demand that Bible-based creationism or its latest iteration, intelligent design, be taught alongside evolution. Lawsuits are filed. Neighbors challenge the religiosity of neighbors. Children brand classmates as descendents of monkeys. Scientists are reviled as agents of Satan and peddlers of atheism.