Tom Joyce

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

Public Education
Illinois scholarship under fire for excluding white applicants

A race-based scholarship program in a liberal state is facing backlash. The Diversifying Higher Education Faculty in Illinois program offers financial support exclusively to non-white graduate students who want to… Read More

March 27, 2025
Government
DOE investigates Oregon school district and athletic association over trans athletes in girls’ sports

The federal government is taking action against Oregon’s largest public school district and the state’s primary high school athletic governing body for likely Title IX violations.  The U.S. Department of… Read More

March 27, 2025
Government
Lawmakers renew effort to direct federal aid to pregnancy resource centers

Pro-life lawmakers have filed legislation to assist pregnancy resource centers across the country. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, and Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, reintroduced the… Read More

March 26, 2025
Politics
Trans lawmaker says Dems should welcome differing views of transgenderism

Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, doesn’t want to see the Democratic Party lose support due to an overly dogmatic approach to transgender issues. McBride, a transgender woman and the first transgender… Read More

March 26, 2025
Public Education
Maine girl who finished second to transgender athlete for state title says her dream was ‘unfairly shattered’

After finishing second to a transgender-identifying athlete for a state championship, one Maine girl is speaking out. Freeport High senior Kessa Benner recently penned an op-ed… Read More

March 25, 2025