My colleague wrote recently about the deeper meaning of the “promise of America” that Kamala Harris invoked on the campaign trail. This America is cruel and vicious, uninterested in equality or justice, instead intent on indulging its basest desires. Arizona Mirror is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Arizona Mirror maintains editorial independence. Follow Arizona Mirror on Facebook and X.