Nurses on Strike, plus Women Lawyers who Challenged Trump: Bryce Covert on hospitals, plus Dahlia Litwick on the Courts

<p>Nurses have taken the lead in the wave of this year’s labor activism. The largest private-sector nurses’ strike in American history took place recently in Minnesota – 15,000 nurses walked off the job for three days in the Twin Cities and the Twin Ports. Other nurses threatened strikes in half a dozen other places. Bryce Covert <a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nurses-strikes-minnesota-michigan/" rel="nofollow">reports a key front in the fight for better health care in America</a>.</p><p>Plus: Dahlia Lithwick talks about some of the heroes of the Trump years: the women lawyers who fought him on the big issues—the Muslim ban, neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, and voting rights. Her new book is “<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598207/lady-justice-by-dahlia-lithwick/" rel="nofollow">Lady Justice.</a>”</p><p><em>Subscribe to </em>The Nation<em> to support all of our podcasts: </em><a href="https://thenation.com/podcastsubscribe" rel="nofollow"><em>thenation.com/podcastsubscribe</em></a><em>.</em> </p><br/><br/>Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a><br/><br/>Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>