Inside David Hogg’s fearless bet that Gen Z politicians can save American democracy

It’s a tough job, but Gen Z needs to do it. How Leaders We Deserve is making sure that young progressive candidates nationwide have what they need to win.

Which city is this? Boston. David Hogg is in Boston right now. He arrived this morning to host a conversation at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, his alma mater. Now, he’s in an Uber, heading to catch a flight to Washington, D.C., where he lives—or at least where he has an apartment with a bed he sleeps in about five times a month. Hogg graduated a year ago, and that August he cofounded Leaders We Deserve, a political action committee (PAC) helping to elect young progressives to office. It’s only two weeks into April, and already this month he’s traveled to Austin, Houston, Atlanta, and Orlando, meeting with candidates backed by his organization. Next week, after overseeing the move into Leaders We Deserve’s new 4,800-square-foot office in D.C.’s Chinatown neighborhood, he’ll be off to Seattle.