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Robert Holman, who has died aged 69, was committed to the notion of empathy in art and life, writes his friend and fellow playwright

Tributes paid to British dramatist acclaimed for works including German Skerries, Across Oka and A Breakfast of Eels

The city council agreed last week on a plan for spending the federal dollars, the largest slice of which goes toward creating six homeless villages at a cost of $35.6 million, while a slim $1 million is directed to “community safety,” as shown on a document posted by KGW-TV. It was the $2 million for non-white artists that raised red flags with Mr. Kirsanow, who asked the city to “reconsider this deeply misguided distribution immediately.” “Where does one begin?” asked Mr. Kirsanow. “It is remarkably ironic that a City that has gone to such great lengths to embrace ‘racial jus...

The Southeastern Legal Foundation and the Mountain States Legal Foundation joined to represent Union City farmer Robert Holman as he challenges a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) that allows for automatic loan forgiveness up to 120% of the federal loan for farmers or ranchers who are “socially disadvantaged,” which is defined as “Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic, or Asian, or Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.” The legal ruling estimated while there was not a cap on the amount of loans that could be granted, $3.8 billion had been allocated to the pr...

The ruling in favor of fourth-generation farmer Robert Holman of Union City, Tennessee, came as the latest court defeat for the USDA as it seeks to pay off up to 120% of qualified federal loans for “socially disadvantaged” farmers and ranchers, defined as “Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic, or Asian, or Hawaiian/Pacific Islander.” So far the White farmers and ranchers challenging the program are batting 1.000 against the Biden administration. On July 1, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in the Northern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction blocking the USDA...