Activists call on City Council to address Missoula’s growing economic inequality

For the second week in a row, a half-dozen young men – most lifelong local residents – came to the Missoula City Council’s Monday night meeting to express their frustration with growing economic inequality.

Many in the group are veterans; one devoted his three minutes of public comment to highlighting the high rate of suicide among Montana vets, an epidemic he linked to economic disparity and social injustice.

By Sherry Devlin