ICE Jailer in New Jersey Is Sued By Its Landlord, Claiming Unsafe Conditions
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The owners of a windowless former warehouse that houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees in New Jersey are alleging dangerous conditions at the facility and suing to terminate its lease, representing another potential victory for activists seeking the end of controversial immigration detention in the state.
The lawsuit filed Monday alleges that CoreCivic, the private prison operator that leases the facility and contracts with ICE to hold about 145 asylum seekers and other undocumented immigrants, breached its contract by failing to follow local and federal safety regulations to stop the spread of Covid. The Elizabeth Detention Center has had more Covid cases than other ICE facilities in the region, and both security and medical employees have died. One dozen detainees newly tested positive at the end of April, just as cases statewide were dropping.
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Alan Moore meets the Arab Spring in
Alephia 2053, a Lebanese animated feature making waves online. Since debuting on Youtube on March 21, the film has notched up more than eight million views.
Alephia 2053 is set in a desaturated future Arab world ruled by a despotic dictator. The dystopian thriller follows three undercover agents as they go about toppling the tyrant, with the support of the people. Watch it below (English subtitles are available):
The film’s creator Rabih Sweidan says the project was inspired by
Watchmen, the comic book series by Moore and Dave Gibbons, in which superheroes change the course of recent U.S. history. The Lebanese filmmaker told the French paper
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Jonathan Kent has experienced a lot in his young life. He’s traveled the galaxies with his Kryptonian grandfather and lived in the future with the Legion of Super-Heroes, who were intent on training him for the day his father, Clark Kent, could no longer be Superman. There is a hole in the Legion’s history that prevents Jon from knowing exactly when that will happen, but all signs point to it being very soon. It’s time for the son to wear the cape of his father and bear the symbol of hope that has told the world who Superman really is. Join writer Tom Taylor (Nightwing, DCeased) and artist John Timms (Infinite Frontier) as they usher in a whole new era for the House of El!
Digital comics startup Madefire is shutting down
R.I.P. Madefire, a startup that recruited high-profile artists to reinvent comics for new formats and platforms.
An announcement on the Madefire website states the company entered into “an assignment of benefit for creditors” (explained as “a state-level insolvency proceeding similar to bankruptcy”) earlier this month, which was then reported this morning in The Beat. As a result, no new books will be published, users will not be able to purchase any additional books and they’re also encouraged to download all their purchased content before the end of the month.
This news affects other apps built with Madefire’s technology. The Archie comics app has shut down as well, with the publisher writing, “We realize this comes as a surprise and we are making every effort to do right by our loyal customer base,” specifically by offering readers a free one-month subscription to Comixology Unlimited. (Amazon acquired digital com
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