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Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Beyoncé Thanks Paul McCartney for ‘Writing One of the Best Songs Ever Made'
Beyoncé concluded the final night of her Cowboy Carter tour's six-show run at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Monday, and took to social media to celebrate the moment, while also showing love for one of England's most influential musicians of all time. 'Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney, for writing one of the best songs ever made,' wrote Beyoncé in an Instagram post. 'Every time I sing it I feel so honored.' Beyoncé's rendition of the Beatles' White Album classic 'Blackbird' was included on her historic, Grammy-winning Cowboy Carter album released last year. More from Rolling Stone La-Di-Da-Di! Eighties Hip-Hop Great Slick Rick Is Back With 'Victory' Paul McCartney Pays Tribute to 'Musical Genius' Brian Wilson: 'I Loved Him' See Bruce Springsteen Bring Out Paul McCartney at Liverpool Concert In her post, the singer also included photos of her performing in fringe chaps and a white tee adorned with two blackbirds, crediting McCartney's daughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney: 'it is a full circle moment to wear your beautiful daughter's design.' 'Thank you, London, for creating unforgettable memories for me and my family,' she wrote, before hinting at her return: 'Holla at 'ya when I come on tour again!' McCartney previously applauded Beyoncé's cover of'Blackbird,' stating he was 'so happy' with her version. 'I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place,' he wrote wrote alongside a photo of the singers together. 'I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would urge anyone who has not heard it yet to check it out.' McCartney has long stated that 'Blackbird' was influenced by the Little Rock Nine, a group of nine black students who faced racist outrage in 1957 after enrolling in the all-white Little Rock Central High School. Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called the National Guard to stop the students from entering the school, sparking the Little Rock Crisis. Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield praised Beyoncé's 'Blackbiird' as a stroke of 'revisionary genius that brings the story of 'Blackbird' full circle.' 'She claims the song as if Paul McCartney wrote it for her. Because, in so many ways, he did…,' Sheffield wrote. 'In so many ways, 'Blackbird' has always been waiting for this moment to arise. And Beyoncé makes the song rise higher than ever before.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked
Extra.ie
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Beyoncé thanks Paul McCartney for writing 'one of the best songs ever made'
Beyoncé gave special thanks to Paul McCartney on Instagram after completing her Cowboy Carter tour's six-show run at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last night. 'Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney, for writing one of the best songs ever made. 'Every time I sing it I feel so honoured,' the singer wrote, referring to The Beatles' 'Blackbird', which was featured as a rendition on her Grammy-winning country record Cowboy Carter (2024). View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beyonce (@beyonce) The post shows the singer wearing a white shirt with two blackbirds, a creation by McCartney's daughter, fashion designer Stella McCartney. 'It is a full-circle moment to wear your beautiful daughters design,' added Beyoncé. 'Thank you, London, for creating unforgettable memories for me and my family,' she wrote, promising to 'Holla at ya when I come on tour again!' Paul McCartney complimented Beyoncé's cover of 'Blackbird' in his own Instagram post back in 2024. 'I am so happy with Beyoncé's version of my song Blackbird. 'I think she does a magnificent version of it, and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place,' McCartney's statement read. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Paul McCartney (@paulmccartney) 'Blackbird' was written by Paul McCartney for The Beatles' 1968 self-titled double LP, commonly referred to as The White Album . McCartney said that Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students who encountered severe hardships while assimilating into the all-white Little Rock Central High School in 1957, served as his inspiration. Beyoncé gave the track her own spin, with the title Blackbiird referencing Cowboy Carter s Act II motif.
Boston Globe
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Trump's military deployment in California is a radical departure from history
For now, the Trump administration's military deployment is authorized under a section within Title 10 of the US Code that allows the president to federalize the National Guard to help execute federal law in specified instances — namely, to repel invasion or suppress rebellion. However the text of the statute states that any orders for such federalized troops are to be issued through a state's governor. Newsom's objection to Trump's move, then, is grounded in principle — rebuffing Trump's challenge to his authority by reasserting state sovereignty and the division of power between state and federal government. Advertisement Going forward, however, the Trump administration is Advertisement Bush invoked the Insurrection Act in 1992, but again, he did so upon the request of the California governor. While the Insurrection Act has been sparingly invoked, Bush's move was consistent with prior applications in similar contexts. When state governors have requested federal military intervention under the act, they have consistently done so amid inflamed racial tensions that erupted into violent civil unrest. Such instances include the clash in the 1850s between pro- and anti-slavery forces known as Bleeding Kansas, Chinese expulsion campaigns by white mobs in Washington in the 1880s, the Detroit riots of 1943 and 1967, and the riots in Baltimore, Chicago, and Washington, D.C., following Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. If Trump invokes the act now, he would probably do so unilaterally — in a move that, at least since the turn of the 20th century, would depart from unilateral invocations by past US presidents. In the limited instances when past presidents have invoked the act unilaterally and deployed federal troops over the objection of the state governor, they have done so to enforce the constitutional rights of citizens that were being violated by the state governors themselves — all of whom weaponized states' rights to preserve the Southern 'way of life,' a euphemism for resisting federally mandated desegregation. Advertisement Not incidentally, examples of the use of the Insurrection Act involve federal military enforcement of the civil rights of Black Americans, such as the First Amendment right of civil rights protesters to march from Selma to Montgomery following the brutal assault by Alabama state troopers on marchers known as Bloody Sunday. The Insurrection Act was also applied to enforce the desegregation of public schools in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Alabama — highlighted, respectively, by the military escort of the Little Rock Nine into Central High School, the showdown between federal troops and white segregationists at the University of Mississippi, and the National Guard's deployment in response to Governor George Wallace's stand in the University of Alabama's schoolhouse door, where he was physically blocking two Black students from enrolling. When past presidents took such unilateral action, they did so hesitantly, as they were sensitive to the public perception of overstepping federal power and encroaching upon state authority. Before eventually deploying Advertisement In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson had communicated his strong preference for Wallace to assume his own authority over the Alabama state National Guard to protect protesters marching from Selma to Montgomery, but Wallace refused. When Johnson ultimately invoked the Insurrection Act, By contrast, the Trump administration is displaying a propensity to flout state authority and boost federal military power — a situation that is especially remarkable given that belief in minimal federal interference in state affairs is supposed to be one of the hallmarks of conservative politics. In January 2017, during his first administration, Trump threatened to Although Trump eventually stood down from his threatened invocation of the act in 2020, the administration's recent threats, together with ICE raids, are ushering in a new era of conflict with states' rights. Democratic state governors now seek to protect the civil rights of citizens and noncitizens alike from Trump's exercise of federal power to 'Make America Great Again.' Advertisement Newsom, in his attempts to shield the
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
How the Little Rock Nine Proved to Be a Cautionary Tale For Trump Ignoring Court Rulings in 2025
History always repeats itself, but what happens if you never learn your lesson the first time? As President Donald Trump continues his deportation mandate, many are concerned his disregard for court orders will have grave consequences. What's even scarier is the president's recent actions are comparable to one of the darkest times in American history. Just yesterday, Judge Brian Murphy warned Trump deporting a group of migrants to South Sudan could breech his federal court order from last month, according to BBC. This comes in the midst of legal battles between the administration and several federal judges over ongoing deportation cases. It comes down to a debate over the rights of migrants and Trump's 'deport now, ask questions later' mentality, and it's drawing eerie comparisons to the struggle for civil rights in this country. The Civil Rights Movement is a clear example of the true power of federal law. Without court rulings like Brown v. Board of Education, American society would look drastically different today. Now, our nation is at a crossroads in regards to yet another humanitarian crisis: immigration. But to fully understand the implications of Trump's actions, you'd have to revisit the dark history of segregation's past. In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education was immediately met with backlash, as exemplified by the treatment of the first students to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., better known as the Little Rock Nine. The nine Black students were spit at, beaten and harassed by segregationists just for trying to go to school. The hatred towards the young students was further justified by Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus, who unapologetically resisted the Supreme Court's 1954 decision. This led to the Cooper v. Aaron ruling of 1958, which reenforced the state's obligation to desegregate schools. The federal government even had to bring in the National Guard to escort the Little Rock Nine to school. Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, an 80-year-old President Ronald Reagan appointee, referenced the Cooper v. Aaron ruling after Trump refused to comply with the Supreme Court's ruling to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was deported despite a judge's 2019 ruling barring that very thing from happening, as we previously reported. Wilkinson described the administration's defiance as 'shocking' before reminding Trump to respect the rule of law, adding that it is 'all too possible to see in this case an incipient crisis.' The difference between Trump's clear defiance of federal rulings and Little Rock's segregation struggle comes down to state versus executive power. Despite Arkansas' refusal to comply, the federal government stepped in, ensuring the respect for law and safety of the Black students. Today, there is no one to step in to ensure the president is playing by the rules of judge's orders, and whether now or later, there's bound to be consequences. As history has shown us, without checks and balances, the American system will fail. Take a look at the Civil War, when the country was ripped in half over slavery and states' rights. If Trump continues on the path of defiance and if no one can put him in check, America will be forced to make a decision. Which do we value power of the president or the integrity of the Constitution? For the latest news, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Fox News
19-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Ex-NBA player compares Angel Reese to 'Little Rock Nine' member
Former NBA player Etan Thomas compared Chicago Sky star Angel Reese to a member of the "Little Rock Nine," as the WNBA player allegedly had "hateful comments" hurled toward her during the team's loss to the Indiana Fever. Thomas posted a photo to his social media account on Monday, portraying Reese as one of the nine Black schoolgirls who were able to attend an all-White school in Arkansas following the 1954 Supreme Court ruling that ended segregation in public schools. The photo showed Reese superimposed onto the iconic black and white photo known as the "Scream Image." It showed 15-year-old Elizabeth Eckford being yelled at on her way to school. The picture depicted the bravery Eckford showed by going into Little Rock Central High School. "This is how it's been for Angel Reese ever since the 2023 NCAA Tournament when her LSU Tigers defeated Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes in the national championship game," Thomas wrote on X. The WNBA was reportedly investigating racial slurs that were reported to have been directed at Reese during the game on Saturday. The league did not get into specifics of what allegedly occurred during the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. "The WNBA strongly condemns racism, hate, and discrimination in all forms — they have no place in our league or in society. We are aware of the allegations and are looking into the matter," the league said in a statement. The Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) also released a statement. "The WNBPA is aware of reports of hateful comments at yesterday's game in Indianapolis and supports the WNBA's current investigation into this matter," the union said. "Such behavior is unacceptable for our sport. "Under the WNBA's 'No Space for Hate' policy, we trust the league to thoroughly investigate and take swift, appropriate action to ensure a safe and welcoming environment for all." Reese and Clark had a heated exchange during the game, but both players said it was a "basketball play" and nothing more. Reese's confidence in her abilities and willingness to back them up has made her one of the most-talked-about athletes in the WNBA. She finished second in WNBA Rookie of the Year voting, earned a WNBA MVP vote and finished her first year with the Sky averaging a double-double. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
