Tatishe Nteta, provost professor of political science and director of the UMass Poll, comments in an article about how Gov. Maura Healey has used Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a political foil to highlight policy differences between the two states. “She is attempting to establish a national brand for herself. This is a means to do so, to be part of the national conversation, by still trumpeting Massachusetts,” Nteta says. (The Boston Globe, 7/16/23)

UMass Amherst Human Security Lab Director Charli Carpenter, political science, is interviewed about the lab’s new report on a travel ban on civilian men imposed by the Ukrainian government shortly after Russia invaded the country in 2022. “This is a perfect example of a law that is based on a gendered assumption about… who should be able to access legal protections for civilians, like the right to flee a war zone,” Carpenter says. (War & Peace podcast, 7/12/23; News Office release)

Tatishe Nteta, provost professor of political science and director of the UMass Poll, discusses public opinion as the State of California considers implementing large-scale reparations for Black residents affected by the legacy of slavery. Nteta says the 2021 poll found that 80% of Black residents support making cash payments to descendants of enslaved Americans, while 80% of white residents object. “ When we ask people why they oppose, it’s not about the cost. It’s not about logistics. It’s not about the impossibility to place a monetary value on the impact of slavery. It is consistently this notion that the descendants of slaves do not deserve these types of reparations,” Nteta says. (The Guardian, 7/11/23; News Office release)

On the program Talking Politics, Tatishe Nteta, director of the UMass Poll, discusses how recent Supreme Court decisions might affect the 2024 elections. Nteta says, “I think a lot of Americans are increasingly concerned about what role the Court is playing in our political institutions, and our politics more generally. And I think that’s something that’s going to be mobilizing not just for Democratic constituencies, but for large swaths of Americans.” (GBH, 7/7/23)