How Kamala Harris is embracing and changing the system
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.\nEugene Daniels is a co-author of POLITICO Playbook.Jes\xfas A. Rodr\xedguez is a contributing editor for POLITICO Magazine.Adrienne Hurst is a producer for POLITICO audio.Annie Rees is a producer for POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is senior producer for POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.\nRead more from Jes\xfas: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/18/kamala-harris-law-school-politics-503924\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices