Balance of Power

Kamala Harris Takes Center Stage to Stake Her Claim

A mural of US Vice President Kamala Harris outside the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 18. — A mural of US Vice President Kamala Harris outside the United Center in Chicago on Aug. 18.
Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg

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By Karen Breslau and Flavia Jackson

August 19, 2024 at 9:58 AM UTC

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Until this year, US Republican and Democratic national conventions were almost a relic of the bygone television era, a predictable display of political theater in an arena full of balloons, confetti and people in silly hats.