Jothi Gupta

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As it turns 50, Hayti Heritage Center faces a year of rebuilding

1 month ago | 9thstreetjournal.org | Jothi Gupta

Toni Hall faces herself in a wall-length mirror, moving her arms and legs in rhythmic motions. Fourteen women follow behind her. There’s no music, just the clicks of Hall’s tongue twice before each numeric count, “one, *click*, *click*; two,*click*, *click*; three…,” and the sounds of feet colliding with the dance floor at the Hayti Heritage Center. The Monday afternoon African dance classes, hosted by instructors Hall and Ivy Burch, offer a bit of cultural continuity at the center.
Forgot to tap out when leaving the tram? You’ve helped TfGM earn millions

Jan 15, 2025 | manchestermill.co.uk | Jothi Gupta

Dear readers — on Thursday evening we joined our colleagues from Birmingham and Liverpool and hopped on a train down to London for the British Journalism Awards, which is sort of like the Oscars, if Leonardo DiCaprio was starring in a film about Exempt Accommodation. At the ceremony, our multi-part investigation was highly commended by the judges who called it “forensic reporting drawing threads together from three cities to create a powerful expose of exploitation and corruption”.
Revamped Wheels Skate Park to Reopen—But Not Quite Yet

Nov 15, 2024 | indyweek.com | Jothi Gupta

This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Wheels roller skating rink, previously slated to reopen in fall 2024, will now open by December 2024 at the earliest, say city officials. When renovations are complete, Wheels, a beloved skating rink in East Durham, will offer skating, STEM programming, school field trips, and family nights. Eventually, it will be surrounded by an aquatic center and park that voters approved in a bond referendum last week.
Jothi Gupta, Author at INDY Week

Nov 15, 2024 | indyweek.com | Jothi Gupta

Wheels, a beloved skating rink in East Durham, will offer skating, STEM programming, school field trips, and family nights. Eventually, it will be surrounded by an aquatic center and park.
Revamped Wheels skate park to reopen — but not quite yet - 9th Street Journal

Nov 13, 2024 | 9thstreetjournal.org | Jothi Gupta

Wheels roller skating rink, previously slated to reopen in fall 2024, will now open by December 2024 at the earliest, say city officials. When renovations are complete, Wheels, a beloved skating rink in East Durham, will offer skating, STEM programming, school field trips, and family nights. Eventually, it will be surrounded by an aquatic center and park that voters approved in a bond referendum last week.
A Durham Moment: A homecoming for Durham change-maker Pauli Murray

Sep 11, 2024 | 9thstreetjournal.org | Jothi Gupta

Taylor Mary, dressed in a long lace dress with black combat boots, sits at the top of a grassy hill under a magnolia tree, dipping back and forth in a white wooden rocking chair. Moving in and out of the tree’s shade, she inscribes clothespins with quotes from the Rev. Pauli Murray for an ancestral altar in Murray’s memory. Down the hill, hundreds have gathered this Saturday to celebrate the grand opening of the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice after 15 years of renovation.
Sophomores reflect on finding balance, community at Duke during first-year

Sep 3, 2024 | dukechronicle.com | Jothi Gupta

On Aug. 17, Duke welcomed 1,733 new students to the Blue Devil community, where they experienced their Duke “firsts” — making college friends, taking courses and joining clubs and student organizations. The Chronicle spoke to sophomores — who experienced these firsts just one year ago — to hear about their experience in finding community and balance in their academic and social lives.
Exclusive: How did a semi in Harpurhey sell for £1.8m?

Jul 19, 2024 | manchestermill.co.uk | Joshi Herrmann |Jothi Gupta |Mollie Simpson

Dear Millers — sometimes you just get lucky. For weeks, we have been trying to find direct evidence linking a major Manchester property company with a curious transaction involving a semi-detached property in Harpurhey. The transaction was so unusual, it was described by Manchester City Council officers as an example of market “manipulation” in evidence to parliament. Why?
Duke recently ended its scholarship program for Black students. What have other universities done?

Apr 19, 2024 | dukechronicle.com | Jothi Gupta |Science WizKids

Following the Supreme Court's decision to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions, colleges across the nation, including Duke, have begun to sunset race-based scholarship programs under additional pressure from state governments and advocacy organizations.
'Shock and disbelief': Meet the two Duke professors recently banned from Russia

Apr 4, 2024 | dukechronicle.com | Jothi Gupta

On the morning of March 14, Erik Zitser, librarian for Slavic, Eurasian and East European studies, received a phone call from a reporter asking what he thought about his inclusion on a list of U.S. citizens sanctioned by the Russian government. His initial reaction was “shock and disbelief, as if I had suddenly found myself in an episode of ‘The Americans,’” Zitser wrote in an email to The Chronicle.