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Op-Eds and Public Facing Scholarship
- Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, and Adam Eichen. 2024. “Question 1 delivered a harsh verdict on the Legislature.” Commonwealth Beacon.
- Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, and Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “State residents remain mixed on changing name of Columbus Day.” Commonwealth Beacon.
- Jesse Rhodes, Tatishe Nteta, and Adam Eichen. 2024. “How Will Racial Prejudice Impact the 2024 Election?.” Newsweek.
- Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, and Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “How Sexism Will Play a Role in Close Harris-Trump Presidential Race.” Chicago Sun-Times.
- Tatishe Nteta, Ray La Raja, and Adam Eichen. 2024. “Voters Are in Agreement: They Don’t Like Project 2025.” Boston Globe.
- Adam Eichen, Jesse Rhodes, and Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “The time is now for same-day voter registration.” Commonwealth Beacon.
- Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Doug Rice, Jesse Rhodes, and Justin Gross. 2024. “Yes, Efforts to Eliminate DEI Programs are Rooted in Racism.” The Conversation.
- Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, and Jesse Rhodes. 2024. “Yes, Sexism Among Republican Voters Helped Sink Nikki Haley’s Presidential Campaign.” The Conversation.
- Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, and Adam Eichen. 2023. “Politicians Should Know When to Retire.” Newsweek.
- Jesse Rhodes, Ray La Raja, Tatishe Nteta, and Alexander Theodoridis. 2022. “Martin Luther King Was Right That Racism and Opposition To Democracy Are Linked, Our Research Shows.” The Washington Post.
- Tatishe Nteta, Adam Eichen, Maddi Hertz, Ray La Raja, Jesse Rhodes and Alexander Theodoridis. 2022. “Americans just elected two lesbian governors. Have attitudes changed that much?” Washington Post.
- Laura Williamson and Jesse Rhodes. 2021. “Same Day Registration is Essential To Voting Rights Debate.” The Hill.
- Brian Schaffner, Jesse Rhodes, and Ray La Raja. 2020. “Research shows just how much more power White voters wield in local politics". Washington Post.
- Jill Greenlee, Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, and Elizabeth Sharrow. 2018. “Here’s How Female Candidates Can Sway Fathers’ Votes - If Their First Child is a Daughter,” Washington Post.
- Tatishe Nteta, Brian Schaffner, and Matthew MacWilliams. 2017. “Racially Biased People Are Far More Likely to Oppose Black Athletes’ Protests. Here’s the Evidence.” The Washington Post.
- Brian Schaffner, Bernard Fraga, Jesse Rhodes, and Sean McElwee. 2017. “Why Did Trump Win? More Whites, and Fewer Blacks, Actually Voted.” Washington Post.
- Jesse Rhodes. 2017. “How Voter Fraud Crusades Undermine Voting Rights,” The Conversation.
- Tatishe Nteta and Brian Schaffner. 2016. “New Poll Shows Trump Supporters More Likely to Fear a Majority-Minority U.S.” The Washington Post.
- Jesse Rhodes. 2016. “Violence Has a Long History in American Elections.” Newsweek.
Academic Papers
- Rhodes, Jesse, Tatishe Nteta, Lilliauna Hopkins, and Greg Wall. 2024. “Why Reparations? Race and Public Opinion Toward Reparations.” The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 10(3): 30-48.
- Rhodes, Jesse and Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “The New Racial Spillover: Donald Trump, Racial Attitudes, and Public Opinion Toward Accountability for Perpetrators and Planners of the January 6th Capitol Attack.” Political Science Quarterly 139(2): 159-176.
- Tatishe Nteta, Jesse Rhodes, Greg Wall, Ray La Raja, Alexander Theodoridis, Matthew MacWilliams, Allecia Reid, Katherine Dixon-Gordon, Brian Lickel, & Ezra Markowitz. 2023. “Primarily Partisan or Rooted in Racism? Party, Racial Attitudes, and Public Opinion Toward Statehood for Washington D.C.” Political Research Quarterly 76(3): 1486-1501.
Reports
Media Appearances
- Tatishe Nteta. 2024. “Swing State Polls Show Movement Toward Harris.” All In With Chris Hayes.
- Tatishe Nteta. 2024. Uncounted Millions: The Power of Reparations. MSNBC.
- Jesse Rhodes. 2023. “Civil Rights Leaders, scholars, descendants of slaves speak out on reparations for Black Americans.” Fox News.
- Tatishe Nteta. 2021. “Recent Polling Data Shows Why Nearly 2/3 of Americans Oppose Cash Reparations.” National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
- Tatishe Nteta. 2021. “Republicans Are Trying To Restrict Voting Rights. Poll Shows Americans Don’t Want That.” Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.
- Tatishe Nteta. 2020. “Next Test for Candidates: What Do Voters in More Diverse States Want?” Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien.