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Mayor Michelle Wu participated in the ribbon cutting during the grand opening of the Edgewood Food Forest in Mattapan, May 13. A new community space dedicated to healthy living and learning, the Edgewood Food Forest is maintained collectively by volunteer stewards as a part of the Boston Food Forest Coalition community land trust.

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Boston must make civic engagement more equitable

Local officials and community organizations need to do more to provide opportunities for social capital to ensure every Bostonian can take part in civic engagement. 1:45 p.m.

Bobby Gutierrez, the mayor of Bryan, Texas, adjusted the volume of his car radio, May 14.

Columns

AM radio in your car? Don’t let Congress decide.

Automakers are far better attuned to the wishes of motorists and car buyers than Congress will ever be. 2:21 p.m.

A masked rider on a subway train at Union Square in Manhattan on May 11.

Columns

COVID — remember COVID? — hits home

The virus that very few want to talk about anymore is still having its say in our lives. 1:32 p.m.

Who’s more unlikable? Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis?

Columns

Ron DeSantis, unlikable as he is, can still win

DeSantis is banking on a far-right political message to make up for any personal likability failings. More specifically, he’s promising to make America like Florida. 4:25 a.m.

In this 2018 file photo, students walked past Sather Gate on the University of California at Berkeley campus. The University of California's governing board voted in 2020 to unanimously support a measure to restore affirmative action programs and repeal a controversial statewide ban that has been blamed for a decline in diversity in the prestigious university system.

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If affirmative action in college admissions ends, here’s who will fill those spots

States with existing bans make that outcome clear. 3:00 a.m.

Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University.

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Affirmative action hurts Asian American kids like me

Asian American students are forced to achieve higher grades and test scores in order to overcome negative racial stereotypes. 3:00 a.m.

Advocates for people suffering from long COVID-19 and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome hosted an installation of 300 cots in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, May 12, to represent the millions of people suffering from post-infectious disease.

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As long COVID turns three, Americans play disability roulette

An ICU physician, I’ve had a front row seat to the heartbreak of the past three years. 3:00 a.m.

Ron DeSantis is a strange mix of nasty and nerdy, timorous and truculent. He’s a whiny warrior, not a happy one.

Columns

Ron DeSantis’s ill-conceived campaign

The Florida governor tries to take on Trump without offending MAGA. 1:48 p.m.