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Activists upset with new Food Commission Updated: Updated: Govt. officers would sit in judgment on their own acts, say Roy, Mander Share Article Govt. officers would sit in judgment on their own acts, say Roy, Mander The much awaited formation of the Food Commission in Rajasthan, with the appointment of government officers as its ex-officio chairperson and members, has left the social activists disappointed. Activists said this would result in the officers sitting in judgment on their own acts against which the complaints will be made to the Commission. The State government has appointed Na...

We Need More Black Women in Law—Here's Why Samantha Peters is a queer Black lawyer who wants to see more people who look like her practicing law in Canada By Samantha Peters, as told to Natalie Harmsen December 23, 2020 Samantha Peters (Photo: Charu Sharma) I graduated from law school in 2016 and I was called to the bar in Alberta in July, 2020. The only Black female judge in Alberta, Queen’s Bench Justice Gaylene Kendell, was going to be presiding over my call to the bar. I wanted the experience to be like “Black Lady Courtroom.” I thought, ‘Oh my God, this is going to b...