Between them becomes that of employer and hired labor, unquote. That was general Order Number 3, read in galveston, texas, on june 19th, 1856, and with that, the last state to learn of abolition got the news. That general order is the reason for Juneteenth Celebrations across the country days after it was made a federal holiday. On thursday, President Biden signed the federal designation into law. By Making Juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple with the Distance Weve come. But the distance we have to travel. If youre not familiar with juneteenth, dont panic, well explain it further to you in a minute. But the bill to make it a federal holiday passed with overwhelming support. 14 republican lawmakers voted against it in the house. The signing caps off a busy week in congress, a compromise from Senator Joe Manchin to protect Voting Rights gained the support of stacey abrams, but now it coul
Well discuss it with their new pastor, Ed Litton. From nbc News World Headquarters in New York, im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. Quote, the people of texas are informed that in accordance with a proclamation of the executive of the united states, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves and the connection heretofore between them becomes that of employer and hired labor, unquote. That was general Order Number 3, read in galveston, texas, on june 19th, 1856, and with that, the last state to learn of abolition got the news. That general order is the reason for Juneteenth Celebrations across the country days after it was made a federal holiday. On thursday, President Biden signed the federal designation into law. By Making Juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple with the Distance Weve come. But the
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than the news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. faith and politics shouldn t mix, many argue. but not my guest this week. shabana mahmood, the most senior muslim labour mp and now labour s shadowjustice secretary. in the weeks since october the 7th, she and so many people she represents have found the events in gaza particularly painful. but what has made it particularly difficult for her is channelling the anger, the sense of frustration, that many muslims feel that keir starmer isn t saying what they want to hear said. shabana mahmood, welcome to political thinking. thank you. you have found yourself at the centre of arguments about how britain, how the labour party, should respond to the awful events now in gaza. how has it felt personally for you? a very good question. i have to say i feel uncomfortable talking about the personal side of it, if i m
now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than the news interrogation of, someone who shapes our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. faith and politics shouldn t mix, many argue. but not my guest this week. shabana mahmood, the most senior muslim labour mp and now labour s shadowjustice secretary. in the weeks since october the 7th, she and so many people she represents have found the events in gaza particularly painful. but what has made it particularly difficult for her is channelling the anger, the sense of frustration, that many muslims feel that keir starmer isn t saying what they want to hear said. shabana mahmood, welcome to political thinking. thank you. you have found yourself at the centre of arguments about how britain, how the labour party, should respond to the awful events now in gaza. how has it felt personally for you? a very good question. i have to say i feel unco
football. mikel arteta is left frustrated as arsenal can only draw at home to brentford in the premier league. the number of people now known to have died in the earthquakes which struck turkey and syria has passed 25,000. the turkish president, recep tayyip edrogan, said perhaps 80,000 people had been injured in his country, and thousands of homes have been left uninhabitable. the united nations aid chief, martin griffiths, who is in turkey, says the tragedy is the worst natural disaster to hit the region in a century. mr griffiths praised the international response, saying more than 100 countries had sent help, but said he wasn t clear about the extent to which aid would reach rebel held parts of syria. we ll hear from mr griffiths in a moment, but first, our correspondent quentin sommerville is in harem in the northwest idlib province of syria, which is rebel controlled. he found no sign of a relief effort, with local people, including children, left scouring through rubbl