The Presidential Primaries Heat Up; New York City Housing Roundup; Anti-Trans Laws and the 2024 Election Year; Have You Stopped 'Hanging Out' With Friends?

Coming up on today's show:

• Jonathan Martin, senior political columnist at Politico, breaks down the results of Saturday's Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, where Nikki Haley faces off against Donald Trump, plus previews President Joe Biden's primary in Michigan, where opposition to his policies on Gaza are facing pushback in the state's Arab American communities.
• David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC/Gothamist, breaks down the latest in New York City housing news, including why NYC Council is joining a lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams over housing vouchers and his reporting on the lack of 2-bedroom apartments in neighborhoods with the most concentration of families.
• As we close out the second month of the 2024 election year, numerous anti-trans laws have been enacted across the country. Alejandra Caraballo, clinical instructor at Harvard Law School's Cyberlaw Clinic, looks at the latest in anti-trans policies including an executive order in Nassau County that targets young trans women athletes, as well as Oklahoma’s anti-trans laws that are under new scrutiny after a 16-year-old nonbinary child died a day after an altercation in their school’s bathroom.
• An article in The Atlantic notes that Americans are spending more and more time alone, and at the same time there is a noticeable uptick in depression, anxiety and loneliness. Listeners call in to share whether their patterns of in-person socializing have shifted, especially since the pandemic began 4 years ago.