Year in Review

2015 Will Be Hip-Hop’s Best Year

Arts, Culture & Media

There’s so much good hip-hop in 2015 that you could forget about a bunch of it and it would still be one of the best years ever  —  and it’s not even April.

A child plays on Prado Boulevard in the country where President Barack Obama renewed diplomatic relations earlier this year.

How well did you pay attention to the news in 2014?

Global Politics
Confetti flies around the ball and countdown clock in Times Square on New Year's Eve in New York January 1, 2015.

We look back at our favorite stories of 2014

Global Politics
A woman reading on a New York City subway platform.

Ten books from The Takeaway you don’t want to miss

Books
Listening to our picks of 2014?

Here’s our must-listen music of 2014

Music
#2014in5Words

Can you describe 2014 in five words?

Culture

When we saw the trending hashtag #2014in5Words, we wondered what our listeners and fans thought of the year in global news.

Books 2014

Here are the books we read this year that we think you’ll love

Books

After another year of reading, the staff here at The World lists our favorite books of 2014.

Actress Ruby Dee in 2008

The Pathfinders: 12 notables who changed the way we think

Culture

They fought oppression, overcame obstacles, made us laugh. More importantly, they made us think. Here’s a brief look at a dozen inspirational people we lost in 2014.