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Topic: Uncle Sam

A Republican Party volunteer standing next to a voter registration poster at Carnival Miami. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Uncle Sam's surprising origin story

Paul Bruski - The Conversation
Ms. Marvel (Marvel Comics)

Heroes for troubled times

Mark Peters
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I was poor, but a GOP die-hard

Edwin Lyngar
David Koch (Reuters/Brendan Mcdermid)

Marty Kaplan - Alternet
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