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.