Friday Morning Politics with Rep. Sherrill; More Than Half of New Yorkers Live in Poverty; Oscar Docs: To Kill a Tiger; A Temperature Check for Teachers

Coming up on today’s show:

Mikie Sherrill, U.S. Representative (D, NJ-11), talks about U.S. foreign policy and more.
Robin Hood and Columbia University’s Poverty Tracker Annual Report shows more than half of New York City — 56% — lives in poverty or is low-income and likely faces challenges to make ends meet. Richard Buery, CEO of Robin Hood, former NYC deputy mayor for strategic policy initiatives, breaks down the report’s finding, including how 1 in 4 children are impacted by poverty.
This month we hear from the makers of the 5 films nominated for the Academy Award for best feature documentary. Today, director Nisha Pahuja talks about her film that tells the story of a family in rural India that decides to fight back in court after the daughter is gang-raped.
On the final day of mid-winter recess, teachers call in to tell us how they’re doing this year.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.

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