Convention fever

A TONY look at politics

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• In your backyard

• Five things you need to know about local politics.

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• Their first time...

• Virgin voters tell us what's getting them to exercise their civic duty.

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• Voter rites

• Overwhelmed by the sturm und drang? Here’s how to join it, fight it or avoid it altogether.

TONY at the DNC »

Tips & features

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• TONY map

• The U.S. Open

• Navigate the scene and score the most eBay-able autographs, hottest MILFs and cheapest grub.

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• Lykke Li

• Don't forget

• Swedish pop is once again warming American hearts. But Li is one of the best of the bunch. Catch her tomorrow.

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• Books

• Read this now

• Like Dave Eggers’s What Is the What?, Deb Olin Unferth’s debut, Vacation, fits into McSweeney's Books' less-whimsical second wave.

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• And I should care...why?

• Dorthy Day 

• There's a discussion of her life at the Museum of the City of New York. So who the heck is she?

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• Get outside

• 25 things to do before summer ends

• Don’t let the last weeks of sun pass you by without biking, hiking, camping, boating—and yes, relaxing.

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• Photo special

• Take better pictures

• Look creative to your friends, and even win a Pulitzer. Four photographers show you how.