COVER STORY Backpedaling Toward Plessy
By Robert Lowe
When the Supreme Court overturned two desegregation plans, the majority opinion was based on a distortion of both programs, and of the history of desegregation in general.

EDITORIAL Our Billionaire Philanthropist Problem — And Yours
By the Editors
Bill Gates and Eli Broad's Ed in '08 campaign isn't as wonderful as supporters make it sound.

Remembering Asa Hilliard

'This Madness Must Cease' A chapter on the Vietnam War from Howard Zinn's A Young People's History of the United States (Vol. 2). This includes a discussion guide and resource list.

Bring the War Home — to Our Classroom
By Bob Peterson
The "Iraq Moratorium" campaign is one route for students and teachers to discuss and debate the Iraq War and the antiwar movement.

The Re-militarized Zone
By Jill Colvin
Military recruiters troll New York City high schools for new soldiers, but, of course, they say this isn't about targeting poor minorities.

There's a lot more inside this issue.