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SPLC urges Supreme Court to limit school authority over off-campus student speech
This month the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Mahanoy Area School Dist. v. B.L., a student speech case that could fundamentally alter how future generations understand the idea of free speech in America. Just over 50 years ago the Court handed down a decision in its landmark student speech case, Tinker v. Des… Continue reading SPLC urges Supreme Court to limit school authority over off-campus student speech
People around the country celebrated Student Press Freedom Day 2021. Now, the work continues
Feb. 26 marked Student Press Freedom Day 2021: Journalism Against the Odds. Weeks of events, new resources and community building activities culminated on that day with overwhelming nationwide support for a free student press. Students and advisers from all over the country joined together with SPLC and 20 partner organizations. We hope you’re feeling energized and inspired, let’s… Continue reading People around the country celebrated Student Press Freedom Day 2021. Now, the work continues
Nebraska high school journalist refuses to back down, publishes her censored article on Confederate flags and racism at school in local paper
NEBRASKA — In September, Jessica Mathieu, a senior at North Platte High School, in southwest Nebraska, stole a Confederate flag from another student’s pickup truck parked in the school parking lot. She posted a video on social media acknowledging that she had stolen the flag, saying, “I know what I did was wrong, but what you’re doing is worse. You’re making people at your school feel like they’re not welcome.”