This Week’s Issue: Big Tech’s Big Defector

Plus: David Sedaris on storms and family, Joan Didion’s early novels, and a Profile of Beck. View in browser | Update your preferences Brave New World Dept. Big Tech’s Big Defector Roger McNamee made a fortune as one of Silicon Valley’s earliest champions. Now he’s one of its most fervent critics. By Brian Barth Annals of Justice Prepping for Parole A group of volunteers is helping incarcerated people negotiate a system that is all but broken. By Jennifer Gonnerman Profiles Beck Is Home Twenty-six years into his career, the musician visits the Los Angeles of his youth and says goodbye to the past. By Amanda Petrusich Personal History Hurricane Season On storms, repairs, and family. By David Sedaris Comment Gordon Sondland’s Impeachment Testimony for the Ages The case for Trump’s impeachment is strengthening, but the political equation in Washington remains at a stalemate. By Steve Coll Books Joan Didion’s Early Novels of American Womanhood In Didion’s fiction, the standard narratives of women’s lives are mangled, altered, and rewritten all the time. By Hilton Als Books It’s Still Mrs. Thatcher’s Britain Her gospel of success and self-reliance earned her many admirers and enemies. How should we remember her? By James Wood Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Movie Club Newsletter Reviews of the current cinema, plus recommendations for classics and underrated treasures available on streaming services, every Friday. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs The Perfect Engagement Photo Session Try to turn that look of terror into one of whimsy. Or maybe affectation? It’ll all look the same on Instagram. By Susanna Wolff Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.