Tom Joyce

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

Government
New York governor discusses amendments to assisted suicide proposal

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants changes to a bill that would allow doctors to provide lethal drugs to patients with terminal diagnoses. The Medical Aid in Dying Act passed… Read More

December 10, 2025
Public Education
Seattle using ‘gender book kit’ to teach kindergarteners they can change genders

Seattle Public Schools is using a set of classroom materials that tells kindergarten through 5th-grade students that boys can become girls and girls can become boys. The lessons appear on… Read More

December 8, 2025
Public Education
Oregon school survey asks 11-year-olds if they’re ‘two spirit,’ ‘genderfluid’

Oregon officials are facing a firestorm of outrage over intrusive, age-inappropriate, far-left sexual ideology in surveys of schoolchildren there. A new student health survey created by the Oregon Health Authority… Read More

December 5, 2025
World
Quebec bill would ban public prayer

Quebec leaders are moving ahead with another plan to limit public expressions of faith, even as critics warn the province is trampling basic freedoms. The government introduced Bill 9 late… Read More

December 4, 2025
World
Canada pauses on allowing unlabeled cloned meat in stores, citing public outcry

Health Canada has stopped its plan to permit unlabeled cloned meat on store shelves after facing criticism from consumers, lawmakers and food industry leaders. The agency announced an indefinite pause… Read More

December 3, 2025