How Kamala Harris is embracing and changing the system

Published: Aug. 27, 2021, 9 a.m.

b'Kamala Harris entered law school as the daughter of activists and came out as a prosecutor \\u2014 an evolution that shaped the politician she is today. Now, as the vice president grapples with some of the thorniest issues in politics and builds relationships with a wide array of Democratic allies \\u2014 which she could leverage in both the administration and a future presidential campaign \\u2014 even some of her closest allies admit she needs help fending off incoming fire. POLITICO Magazine\\u2019s Jes\\xfas A. Rodr\\xedguez and Playbook co-author Eugene Daniels dig into the Veep\\u2019s law school past, her performance eight months in and how wearing the mantle of \\u201cfirst\\u201d comes layered with racism and misogyny.'