The Best of the Week’ News:

• Cornell will drop Starbucks for violating labor laws, punishing pro-union Cornell students. (Cornell Daily Sun)
   
• Government experts deem conditions in ICE detention “barbaric” and “negligent.” (NPR)
   
• Right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe is under criminal investigation for allegedly looting Project Veritas. (Nation)
   
• Trader Joe’s workers in Boston protest the firing of a vocally pro-union employee. (WGBH)
   
• Why the writer’s strike matters. (WBUR)