Best of Boston

Michelle Wu has never shied away from embracing family life during her mayorship, but this year might have been her biggest working-mom flex yet. Her newest addition, baby Mira, has been Wu’s constant copilot since her January arrival—including in March, when the mayor unceremoniously nursed her daughter before facing down a hostile Republican Congressional committee investigating sanctuary-city policies, then proceeded to demolish its accusations with her trademark composure.