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Erin L. Thompson

Erin L. Thompson, co-curator of Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo with Charlie Shields and Paige Laino, is an assistant professor of art crime at John Jay College. Her book, Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present, was an NPR Best Book of 2016. Follow her on Twitter: @artcrimeprof.

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Dec 10, 2017
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Lawyer seated behind scales of justice
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Racial Justice

Staggering Debt and Shattered Hopes: How Law Schools Fail Students of Color

Imagine what a difference more minority judges might make.
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Erin L. Thompson,
TomDispatch
June 5, 2018
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News Analysis
Human Rights

The Art of Keeping Guantánamo Open: What the Paintings by Its Prisoners Tell Us About Our Humanity and Theirs

The Department of Defense declared that all art made at Guantanamo is government property.
by
Erin L. Thompson,
TomDispatch
December 4, 2017
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