This Week’s Issue: How “Succession” Nails the Ruling Class

Plus: robots replacing umpires; Costa Rica's exceptional health-care system; and Simone de Beauvoir's lost novel.  View in browser | Update your preferences     Profiles The Real C.E.O. of "Succession" How the writer Jesse Armstrong keeps the billionaire Roy family trapped in its gilded cage. By Rebecca Mead Listen to this story Have a world-class narrator read this to you.     The Sporting Scene Invasion of the Robot Umpires The minor leagues have been testing the Automated Ball-Strike System. But isn't yelling and screaming about bad calls half the fun of baseball? By Zach Helfand     Annals of Medicine Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What's the Secret? We've starved our public-health sector. The Costa Rica model demonstrates what happens when you put it first. By Atul Gawande     American Chronicles Life After White-Collar Crime Every week, fallen executives come together, seeking sympathy and a second act. By Evan Osnos     Comment What We Left Behind in Afghanistan The United States' hasty, ill-planned withdrawal was one last favor for the Taliban. By Dexter Filkins     Books Simone de Beauvoir's Lost Novel of Early Love Her passion for a doomed friend was so strong that Beauvoir wrote about it again and again. By Merve Emre     Books America Was Eager for Chinese Immigrants. What Happened? In the gold-rush era, ceremonial greetings swiftly gave way to bigotry and violence. By Michael Luo     On Television Sandra Oh's Masterly Performance of Empathy in "The Chair" The actress is skilled at working off the energies of those around her. By Hua Hsu     Musical Events The Most Vital Conductor of Beethoven Is Ninety-four Herbert Blomstedt's readings deftly combine vigor and lyricism. By Alex Ross   Humor from The New Yorker     Shouts & Murmurs It's Ten O'Clock. Do You Know Where Your Parents Are? Your unsupervised father could even be running for a Senate seat. By Nicky Guerreiro and Ethan Simon     Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week's magazine.   You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for This Week's Issue from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up.   Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our privacy policy    Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.