Huff Post: Justice Horn Leads Kansas City Gen Z Backlash

Like it or not, TKC readers have noted the upward career trajectory of Kansas City rising star activist Justice Horn with far more interest than most local elected officials. 

Agree or disagree with his politics, there's no denying the guy's work ethic as he competes for a place on the Jackson County Legislature.  

More importantly . . .

The activist has garnered more media interest across Missouri & the nation . . . This weekend we noticed a progressive outlet putting his candidacy in context . . . Check-it:  

"Trump has been decimating the federal workforce and canceling federal grants that support nonprofits all over the country, forcing hundreds of thousands of civic-minded people out of jobs. Gen Zers, or people born between 1997 and 2012, are entering the workforce with high anxiety about their financial future, as many struggle to find jobs or afford a place to live. Millennials, people born between 1981 and 1996, are struggling, too, as many are saddled with high student loan debt and unable to afford buying homes.

"Add to the mix a wildly unstable political climate and AI increasingly stealing jobs from humans, and it’s not hard to see why young people might feel compelled to try to tackle the bigger problems holding them back in life. What better way to do that than by changing the policies that put them in this grim position in the first place?

"Justice Horn, 27, is one of those people. He was managing Energy Department projects for a Missouri nonprofit when his federal grant was suddenly terminated earlier this year as part of Trump’s sweeping cuts. Packing up his office in a haze of anger and disappointment, Horn got to thinking about running for local office as another way to see through the kinds of workforce development projects he’d been working on in his job.

" 'I’m like, OK, if I’m gonna have all this free time, I’m on unemployment, I’m gonna commit fully to this,'Horn said. Citing the motto of the late civil rights icon John Lewis, he added, 'Because when we have a lot of free time, you can get in some trouble. Some good trouble.' "

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