Mahmoud Khalil
in his own words
Plex ups its price for first time in a decade, changes remote-streaming access
Plex is a bit hard to explain these days. Even if you don't know its roots as an outgrowth of a Mac port of the Xbox Media Center project, Plex…
Beautiful West Oakland, California
When global trade reshapes a city, who pays the price—and who fights back?
Art & Courage: A Guide to Sustaining a Creative Path
Since its release in 1993, Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland has become an underground classic helping artists across various disciplines persevere through uncertainty and self-doubt and…
How We Read: A Graphic Guide to Literacy
How do comics support literacy? For many, learning to read can be a struggle. What are the five keys to learning? How does the brain learn how to sound out…
Hungary bans Pride events and plans to use facial recognition to target attenders
MPs in Hungary have voted to ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attenders and potentially fine them, in what Amnesty International has described…
Outside the detention center
where Mahmoud Khalil is held
Estate sale of Noir Leather founder Keith Howarth shows a life lived on the wild side
For nearly 40 years Keith Howarth owned and operated Royal Oak kink shop Noir Leather, which helped make the once-sleepy suburb one of Detroit’s most fun. Howarth handed the business…