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Tom Joyce

Tom Joyce is a freelance reporter covering politics, sports and culture.

Government
California city will rename street after Charlie Kirk

City officials in Westminster, California, approved a plan this week to rename a stretch of All American Way in memory of Charlie Kirk, the conservative leader of Turning Point USA killed in… Read More

November 18, 2025
Culture
US bishops ban Catholic hospitals from performing sex change surgeries

The nation’s Catholic bishops voted last week to bar Catholic hospitals from performing surgeries or giving hormones that attempt to change a person’s sex. The move updates the ethical rules… Read More

November 17, 2025
Public Education
Michigan girls’ volleyball team with transgender player excelling in postseason play

Skyline High School in Ann Arbor moved deeper into the Michigan girls volleyball postseason this past week while state officials continued to avoid basic questions about the eligibility of the… Read More

November 17, 2025
Government
Massachusetts governor appoints male trans person to women’s commission 

Governor Maura Healey has appointed a biologically male transgender activist to the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women, a state-run body presenting itself as a voice for women and girls.  The move has drawn… Read More

November 14, 2025
Culture
Princeton hires Oct. 7 denier to teach Gaza course

Princeton University has hired a professor who denies Hamas’s atrocities on Oct. 7 to teach a new course comparing Gaza to genocides such as the Holocaust. The Ivy League school… Read More

November 13, 2025