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The fresh page of a new year—what a thrilling place to be. And to kick off 2014, Colorlines asked several community leaders to share their racial justice wishes for the year.

HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Haiti’s ambassador to Havana Jean Victor Généus said that Cuba, as pro-tempore chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC)

A group of South American and Caribbean countries have adopted a common plan of action to eradicate hunger and poverty, designed with FAO support.

Controversy continues to brew here over ownership of the land under Kibera slum, one of Africa’s largest.

The civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart has returned home from prison after a federal judge ordered her compassionate release. Stewart is 74 years old and dying from late-stage breast cancer.

By George Packer
With the financial crisis and Barack Obama’s ascent to the Presidency, 2008 struck many observers—including this one—as reminiscent of the watershed election year 1932.

by David Cay Johnston
Tech stocks have returned to bubble levels, thanks to PR, weak financial journalism and cheap credit.

Mayor Bill de Blasio takes the oath of office on a Bible held by his wife, Chirlane McCray, at City Hall in New York, January 1, 2014.