Ukraine news, Trump admin to dismantle NCAR, Parents organize to protect healthcare for trans kids

22 Dec 2025 • 59 min • EN
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0:08 – Ukraine negotiations wrap up in Miami without a major announcement. John Feffer, Director of Foreign Policy in Focus, joins us. 0:34 – The Trump administration has fixed its eye on dismantling a major climate science research center in Colorado, called NCAR. We talk about the consequences with Eugene Cordero, professor of Meteorology and Climate Science at San Jose State University. 0:46 – Bay Area parents are organizing to protect gender-affirming healthcare for trans kids. Here in the East Bay, Rainbow Families Action is speaking out to defend gender-related healthcare at Sutter Health. Sutter Health announced it would end care for trans kids, but then reportedly backtracked. Parents say the struggle is not over — and the Trump administration has just issued two new proposed CMS rules to force hospitals which rely on federal funding to end gender-affirming care for trans young people. We speak with Nikki, a parent of a child who receives care at Sutter and a member of Rainbow Families Action. The post Ukraine news, Trump admin to dismantle NCAR, Parents organize to protect healthcare for trans kids appeared first on KPFA.

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