Missoula, Montana

Food for Thought: The Problem with Domestic Hunger Every November families across the U.S. sit down together and eat one of the most important meals of the year. In some homes though, families will only be able to eat because of the generosity of others or holiday food drives. Although Americans are well aware of the matter of world hunger, they rarely acknowledge the issue at home. Food insecurity (the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious…

High School swapped gender specific outfits, meaning girls wore boys shirts and boys wore girls clothes like dresses and tights. It also explained how students started a petition, which got up to 2,500 signatures in only a few days (Mays). In Missoula, Montana 20 students peacefully protested the restrictions that “unfairly target girls.” The students protested by girls wearing shirts that said “I am not a distraction” and boys wearing shirts that said, “I am not distracted.” This protest…

spread the rumor that “Aliens in the northwest may be moved”. ‘Aliens’ was the term used to describe the Issei, or Japanese Americans that had been born in Japan. It began with the men. Ultimately, over 1,000 Japanese men were sent to Fort Missoula in Montana for loyalty for loyalty hearings. Ironically, none of these high-risk individuals were ever convicted. But it was the beginning. of the internment. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which gave the right…