Recent news coverage related to ‘Tinker v Des Moines‘

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January 24, 2024 Des Moines Register Op-ed by Mary Beth on SF 496  “I fought suppression of student speech in the 1960s.  Iowa is repeating that history”

January 19, 2022 Ridgefield, Washington

Student rights pioneer Mary Beth Tinker speaks to Ridgefield High School students

• Supreme Court Teaches Students An Important Lesson on Free Speech: David Cole, Washington Post 6/23/21
• A Cheerleader Lands an F on Snapchat, but a B+ in Court by Justin Driver, The New York Times, 6/24/21
• Brandi Levy, Mary Beth Tinker and the enduring triumphs of free speech by Rob Miraldi, Poughkeepsie Journal, 6/23/21
• Why we should all want suspended cheerleader to win her court case:  Justin Driver, Washington Post, 4/30/21
• Mary Beth talks with Brandi Levi & one of her lawyers, Vic Walczak, on ACLU podcast 4/28/21
• NCAC Objects to Student Protest Ban in South Sioux City, Nebraska:  NCAC, 4/21/21
• Students enduring rights to freedoms of speech & the press:  Alan C. Miller, Poynter, 2/25/21
• Tinker engages with students on human rights:  Ottumwa Courier, 2/19/21
• The legal landscape for frontline student journalists:  The Columbia Review, 10/20/20
• Mary Beth Tinker speaks at Rutgers:  The Daily Targum, 3/9/20
• “Raise Your Voice” documentary supports student journalism:  The Times-Delphic, 11/20/20
• Schools Tinker with student speech: Virginia Law Weekly, 1/29/20
• New Voices students flood NY statehouse:  Student Press Law Center, 5/1/19
• Mary Beth Tinker speaks about free speech, press at Ball State, by Rothith Rao, Daily News, 3/25/19
• Mary Beth Tinker coming to Ball State for High School Journalism Day, by Jordan MacMillan, Star Press, 3/14/19
• First Amendment Watch, 2/25/19
• The Power of Youth Voices   by Madelyn Ostendorf, Iowa State Daily,  2/25/19
• Student Free Speech and Tinker v Des Moines anniversary,  2/24/19, C-SPAN
• The 50th Anniversary of the Tinker v Des Moines Decision, 2/22/19, Iowa Public TV Livestream Event at the State Historical Society of Iowa
• Tinker v Des Moines: Celebrating 50 Years, by Mary Beth & John Tinker, 2/20/19, Des Moines Register
• Fifty Years After Losing Free Speech Case, DM Schools Celebrate, by Thomas Ahart, Des Moines Register, 2/14/19
• “Tinker returns to roots” Grace Klein, U-Times 2/7/19
• “Rise Up” by Kellye Carter Crocker, DSM Magazine Jan/Feb 2019
• “The Young Anti-War Activists Who Fought for Free Speech at School” by Bianca Sanchez, Smithsonian Magazine 1/23/19
• “The Teens Who Fought For Free Speech” by Joseph Bubar, NY Times Upfront, 1/3/19
• “Hate speech is showing up in schools. Censorship isn’t the answer.” by Hadar Harris and Mary Beth Tinker, Washington Post 11/30/18
• WCPN, Cleveland: Sound of Ideas Ideastream 11/12/18
• “Back-to-School Protest Special” by Dahlia Lithwick, Slate 9/1/18
• C-Span: Landmark Cases, with Susan Swain 4/22/18  https://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/24/Tinker-v.-Des-Moines
• Mary Beth Tinker Tells Student Activists About Her Role in the History of Student Rights  NowThis 3/23/18
  
• “The eccentric life of the former Des Moines student who still inspires student marches” by Mike Kilen, Des Moines Register 3/22/18. With video footage of attorney, Dan Johnston
• “Why I’ll be Marching with Students” by Mary Beth Tinker, Education Week 3/20/18
• C-SPAN Series: Supreme Court Landmark Cases Interview with Mary Beth 3/13/18
• “Freedom of the Press” by Jessica Stallard, The Griffon News 2/21/18
• Students, join movement to make change” by Mary Beth Tinker, JEA Scholastic Press Rights 3/19/18
• “Students Planning March 14th Walkout Could Face Consequences” by Deborah Horne, KIRO7 (Seattle) 3/2/18
• “They Were Trained For This Moment” Dahlia Lithwick, Slate 2/28/18
• “Here’s What Happened When The Supreme Court Ruled On Whether Students Can Protest During School” by Rebecca Waxman, TIME 2/23/18
• “They Were Assumed To Be Puppets of Martin Luther King” Rebecca Onion, Slate 2/22/18
• Tinker: ‘More powerful’ when youth speak for themselves” Bryan Richardson, The Mercury (Manhattan KS) 2/22/18
• Emma Gonzales: “We Call BS”, Rally at Ft. Lauderdale Youtube 2/17/18
• Ken White “Legal Talk podcast: The Schoolhouse Gates” Legal Talk Network 1/31/18
• “Students Identify With 50-Year-Old Supreme Court Case” by Nina Totenberg, NPR (1/18/18)
• “As a high school student during the Vietnam War, she wore her protest on her sleeve” by Shira Stein, Washington Post 12/17/17
• Judge Backs Discipline of Students Who Posted or ‘Liked’ Online Racial Taunt by Mark Walsh, Education Week 12/1/17
• Censorious Students Slapped Down By First Amendment Legend Mary Beth Tinker, by Greg Piper, The College Fix 4/25/17
• Tinkers Talk of Their Historic Case, by David Hudson, Freedom Forum Institute 8/5/16
• “Student Journalists’ Rights” by Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post 6/18/17
• Schools Can’t Punish Athletes For Taking A Knee, by Frank Lomonte, Ed Week 10/23/17
• “Georgia Pupils Asked To Leave Class for MAGA shirt” by Amy Wang, Las Vegas Review Journal 9/4/17
• “State High Courts Can Provide Greater Free Speech Protection” by David Hudson, Freedom Forum Institute 9/9/17
• Schools, Speech and Smartphones: Online Speech and the Evolution of the Tinker Standard   by Aleah Jones, Duke Law & Technology Review 155-170 (2017)
• “School Board Voices Support for Rights of Students” Des Moines Public Schools Blog 11/15/16
• Teens Use Free Speech In Absence of Voting Rights (See “Back Page” by Mary Beth Tinker, Brechner Report November, 2016
• Arizona Students Protest Ban on Black Lives Matter Shirts Telesur 8/30/16
• Supreme Court denies review of Taylor Bell case on student off-campus, online speech Student Press Law Center, 2/29/16
• Tinkers Share Activism History To Inspire Youth by John Pemble, Iowa Public Radio 12/17/15
• Des Moines Public Schools blog post about “Tinker” anniversary 12/17/15
• Mary Beth Tinker Visits Harding on the Channel 13 News WHO TV 12/16/15
• Op-Ed by Mary Beth & John Tinker Des Moines Register 12/13/15
• CR v Eugene School District 4J  YouTube proceeding, October 16, 2015
• Q & A: Mary Beth Tinker Talks Supreme Court Decision, Free Speech  Daily Orange, Syracuse 10/1/15
•  School Uniforms: The Answer To Free Speech at High Schools  by Charles Lane, Washington Post 9/24/15
• A Fine Line on Student Speech Washington Post editorial 9/19/15
• “I’m A Lesbian” Shirt Gets Student Suspended by Steve Nelson, US News & World Report 9/15/15
• ‘Nobody knows I’m a lesbian’ shirt banned in South Carolina High School [UPDATE: The school has backed down] by Eugene Volokh, Washington Post 9/14/15
• Another Disappointing Circuit Court Ruling on Off-Campus High School Speech by Marieke Tuthill Beck-Coon, FIRE 9/2/15
• http://www.dallasnews.com/news/mckinney/2015/04/27/four-cases-that-test-reach-of-student-free-speech-rights-in-age-of-cyberbullying  Dallas Morning News April, 2015
• “Active Voice: SPLC Project Seeks To Empower Women In Student Journalism“ by Anna Schiffbauer, Student Press Law Center 2/25/15
• “Tinker plaintiffs brief supporting right to display American flag at school” by Eugene Volokh, Washington Post 1/28/15
•  Forum Editorial: Vote Yes For Student Journalists: Bismarck Tribune 2/18/15
•  Tinker Visits VC Times-Record  2/19/15
• How Student Speech Is Protected In Neshaminy Case by Jeffrey Shulman, Philadelphia Inquirer 7/2/14
• Mary Beth’s Tedx Talk on Childrens’ Rights in Sao Paolo Brazil 4/23/14
• Tinker, Kuhlmeier Frey encourage First Amendment understanding by Justin Lo, Iowa State Daily, 4/18/14)
• Tour teaches student rights, features Mary Beth Tinker by Allison Koontz, Best of SNO, 4/18/14
• Hugh M. Hefner Foundation First Amendment Awards Winners Announced (Look to the Stars, 4/18/14
• First Amendment Rights Activist Visits OU by Kylie Frisby 4/17/14
• Tinker Tour visits Doane DoaneLine, 4/17/14
• Mary Beth Tinker and Mike Hiestand honored with First Amendment award for Tinker Tour Student Press Law Center, 4/16/14
• Tinker changes lives DoaneLine, 4/16/14
• Winners Announced for 2014 Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards Business Wire, 4/16/14
• Activist Mary Beth Tinker encourages University of Oklahoma students to get involved The Oklahoman, 4/13/14
• Rights activist speaks to local students The Silver Streak, 4/11/14
• Explore your First Amendment rights The Oklahoma Daily, 4/9/14
• First Amendment activist to visit OU The Oklahoma Daily, 4/9/14
• Tinker Tour and Karen Korematsu visit Upper School Harker Aquila, 4/4/14
• Storify: Tinker Tour panelists spur conversation regarding freedom of speech El Estoque 4/2/14
• Tinker Tour advocates youth voices under the First Amendment Blue Devil Hub 4/2/14
• Free speech advocate calls on young people to exercise rights The Salt Lake Tribune 3/29/14
• Video: Mary Beth Tinker urges students to understand and use free speech rights The Salt Lake Tribune 3/28/14
• Free Speech activist to visit tomorrow The Paly Voice 3/24/14
• Tinker Tour empowers young voices through activism Pamplin Media Group: Outlook 3/21/14
• ‘Tinker Tour’ stops in Utah to promote free speech, civic engagement The Salt Lake Tribune 3/20/14
• Tinker Tour Comes to UO OR Media, 3/19/14
• Hopi Tutuveni (check out p. 8): Hopi HS students visit with Mary Beth at Phoenix HS journalism program 2/17/15
• Tinker Tour nominated for 2014 Impact Award StartSomeGood, 1/14/14
• Tinker Tour Video (keynote address) SchoPress Online, 1/10/14
• A Historical Experience: Meeting Mary Beth Tinker by Christine Politte, U-Times, 12/13/13
• First Amendment heroine Tinker speaks in Columbia Columbia Daily Tribune, 11/25/13
• Tinker Tour comes to town The University News of St. Louis University, 11/25/13
• First Amendment Champion Visits Chelsea High Chelsea Record, 11/21/13
• History Comes Alive During Tinker Tour Stops at Harding, North Des Moines Public Schools, 11/20/13
• Vietnam War Protestors Visit Former Des Moines Schools kcrg.com, 11/20/13
• Tinker Tour at North & Harding DMPS-TV News, 11/20/13
• Mary Beth Tinker takes her rights on a tour Best of SNO, 11/20/13
• Tinkers still following their conscience half a century later Des Moines Register, 11/20/13
• STUDENT RIGHTS: Tinker Returns to Iowa WHOTV.com, 11/19/13
• Tinker Tours America LSWestOnline, 11/16/13
• Tinker Tour hits the Northeast Examiner.com, 11/16/13
• Tinker Tour sparks student rights discussion Bearing News, 11/15/13
• Tinker Tour USA 13 HiLite, 11/15/13
• Tinker Tour Promotes First Amendment SHS News Bureau, 11/15/13
• Tinker Tour addresses students’ rights disparities WA Ghostwriter, 11/15/13
• Tinker Tour promotes student freedom of expression Lion Online, 11/15/13
• “Tinker Tour USA” encourages students to stand up for First Amendment rights The Foothill Dragon Press, 11/15/13
• Tinker to Today Beverly Highlights, 11/15/13
• Tinker Tour USA Hits Boston FHNToday.com, 11/15/13
• Tinker, Hiestand tour for students’ rights The Hawkeye, 11/15/13
• Mary Beth Tinker: Taking Her Rights on a Tour BVNWnews, 11/15/13
• The Tinker Tour fights for the First Amendment AHSRocketLaunch, 11/15/13
• Tinker Tour USA: Speaking Up, Speaking Out The Saxon Scope, 11/15/13
• Mary Beth Tinker speaks at Emerson College Median, Emerson College, 11/14/13
• Tinker Tour comes to campus The Quinnipiac Chronicle, 11/13/13
• Tinker Tour Stops at Quinnipiac Q30 News, 11/12/13
• TINKER TOUR: Pioneers For Students’ Rights WHOTV, 11/12/13
• Tinker Tour Makes Historic Stop in McComb McComb Legacies News, 11/11/13
• Supreme Court Lecture Recognizes Student-Speech Pioneers Education Week, 11/7/13
• First Amendment Trailblazers Celebrated at Supreme Court The Blog of Legal Times, 11/7/13
• Tinker Brings First Amendment advocacy tour to South Carolina SchoPress Online, 11/6/13
• Tinker discusses 1st Amendment student rights The Crimson White, 11/6/13
• ‘Tinker Tour’ Seeks to Educate Students in Their First Amendment Rights Newsmax, 11/5/13
• ‘Tinker Tour’ Lecture Saint Louis University, 11/5/13
• Tinker continues crusade for First-Amendment, students need empowerment USA TODAY College, 11/5/13
• Student speech rights eroding, advocates say Online Athens, 11/4/13
• New Cases Test Landmark Ruling on School 1st Amendment Rights Connecticut Law Tribune, 11/1/13
• Tinker Tour Comes to NC NCHS Live!, 10/24/13
• Free speech experts come to Athens as part of ‘Tinker Tour’ UGA Today 10/21/13
• Tinker Tour Coming to Wisconsin The North Star, 10/15/13
• Use your rights or lose them: Tinker Tour USA stops at IU Southeast The Horizon, 10/12/13
• Tinker Tour on First Amendment Comes to Elk Grove High School Chicago Tribune, 10/11/13
• Mary Beth Tinker of Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines talks about students’ civil rights  The Kentucky Kernel, 10/10/13
• Free Speech Advocate Talks to Future Journalists at Kent State Record-Courier, 10/2/13
• College Athletes Begin Openly Protesting NCAA The Stylus, 10/1/13
• Tinker Tour Makes Stop at Kent State KentWired.com, 10/1/13
• Plaintiff in Tinker v Des Moines Discusses First Amendment The Daily Orange, 9/26/13
• Iowa Legal History Iowa Public Radio, 9/25/13
• Free Speech Icon Mary Beth Tinker Takes Nationwide Tour to Brockport WHEC.com, 9/25/13
• The Tinker Tour Visits Post The Pioneer, 9/25/13
• Christians aren’t exempt from campus speech protections WorldMag.com, 9/25/13
• South Hadley High Students Receive Lesson on Free Speech WGGB, 9/24/13
• Tinker v. Des Moines Plaintiffs Discuss Student Rights Earle Mack School of Law at Drexel University, 9/20/13
• Students have rights, too Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/16/13
• Tinker Tour: The Power of an Armband Zinn Education Project, 9/16/13
• Plaintiff in Iconic School Speech Case Kicks Off Tour in Philadelphia CBS Philly, 9/15/13
• Plaintiff in Iconic School Speech Case Starts Tour Associated Press, 9/15/13
• Activists on Tour Promoting Freedom IndieRegister.com, 8/29/13
• Why First Amendment still matters to students: Column USA Today, 8/28/13
• From a black armband to a crowdfunding campaign: a civil rights legend takes the free speech fight to the 21st Century StartSomeGood, 7/4/13
• Help the ‘Tinker Tour’ Educate Students About Free Speech FIRE, 5/17/13
• SPLC Podcast SPLC 5/10/13
• Free Speech Activist Launches Nationwide Educational Tour Newseum, 4/25/13
• History in the flesh: more than rote textbook learning Ferndale HS Eagle Eye, 3/29/13
• Mary Beth Tinker On The First Amendment And Rights of Students St. Louis Public Radio, accompanied by interview with Don Marsh 3/11/13
• Do students have rights? Q&A with free-speech advocate Mary Beth Tinker The Western Front, 3/8/13
• First Amendment advocate gives students a lesson in speaking up Skagit Valley Herald, 3/8/13
• Woman in landmark First Amendment case speaks to Ferndale students The Bellingham Herald, 3/8/13