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Former residents from the waterfront settlement of Otodo Gbame in Lagos. They've been displaced and are now living in Makoko, another waterfront slum.

Slum Dwellers In Africa's Biggest Megacity Are Now Living In Canoes

In Nigeria, government has warned that it will demolish shanties on prime waterfront property. Now thousands of people are homeless.

Richard Spencer speaks at the Texas A&M University campus in December 2016.

Richard Spencer Leads Group Protesting Sale Of Confederate Statue

The white nationalist led protesters seeking to defend a statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va., Saturday. "We are white, we are a people, we will not be replaced!" Spencer yelled.

"Spicey" hides in the bushes from reporters during a White House briefing, led by Aidy Bryant's impersonation of Spicer's real-life stand-in last week, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

'SNL' Host Melissa McCarthy Brings 'Spicey' Back To Troll An Already Bizarre Week

In the end, perhaps, the bar was set too high for the Saturday Night Live episode that was to follow an already baffling series of news events.

While an appeals court judge, Neil Gorsuch wrote a spirited dissent in support of a middle school student who was arrested for what Gorsuch called "childish pranks." Now the case might go before the Supreme Court.

Middle Schooler Arrested For Burping Appeals — Armed With Gorsuch Dissent

Just months before he was nominated for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch sided with a New Mexico seventh-grader, arrested for burping in class. Now, the boy's mother is appealing to the Supreme Court.

VIDEO: A Heartbreaking Look At A Couple Forced To Marry As Young Teens

Photographer Stephanie Sinclair won a prestigious award for "courage" in documenting the lives of girls and women. See her short documentary on a couple in Nepal who married as young teens.

A screenshot shows a new TV ad recruiting for the Marines. It's the first to focus on a woman in a combat role.

Marines Release First-Ever Ad Spotlighting Woman In Combat Position

The ad comes amid intense scrutiny over sexism within the Marine Corps, including a scandal over male Marines sharing nude photos of female Marines without the women's consent.

Photographs of Lauren and Larry in the Bloomsteins' home in New Jersey.

The Last Person You'd Expect To Die In Childbirth

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

Lauren Bloomstein holds her newborn daughter.

Focus On Infants During Childbirth Leaves U.S. Moms In Danger

The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world: Sixty percent of the 700 to 900 deaths each year are preventable, including that of neonatal nurse Lauren Bloomstein.

'Tar Baby': A Folk Tale About Food Rights, Rooted In The Inequalities Of Slavery

Versions of the story of Bre'r Rabbit outwitting Bre'r Fox exist around the world. At heart, a new book argues, they're really about who controls access to food and subverting the powers that be.

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Airs Tuesdays, May 16-30, 2017 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

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