Recent news coverage related to ‘Tinker v Des Moines‘

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
• 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