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Chicago’s Anti-Tourism Hotel Tax

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

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The erasure of Black Studies. Facing political pressure, universities are turning their backs on Black intellectual life 

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In the 18th century, Bernard Mandeville discovered an inconvenient fact: Human vices drive much of social welfare

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In the 16th century, with telescopes and microscopes emerging, a curious malady emerged: Men believing they were made of glass

Journal giant Elsevier unveiled an AI tool that scans millions of paywalled papers. Is it worth it?