Wonder Week
The Greatest Beatles Cover Is Stevie Wonder’s “We Can Work It Out”He may be the only musician to play a Beatles song better than the Beatles.
Books
Our 10 Favorite Comics of 2016Dead superheroes, dissolute witches, dangerous trolls, lost lovers: the best in graphic storytelling.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
How Should We Raise Daughters in Trump’s America?It’ll be hard, but this is one place to start.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The Why Isn’t My Kid’s Teacher Returning My Texts?? EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast on a child model with Down syndrome and how much communication with teachers is too much.
Family
How Do I Explain to My Daughters What Happened in This Election?Deciding whether to protect them or to have a very difficult conversation.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
When Should Kids Stop Trick-or-Treating?Slate’s parenting podcast on the age when most kids stop.
Movies
TampopoJuzo Itami’s classic “noodle Western” will still make you hungry more than 30 years later.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The National Clown Threat EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast about kindness and clown fears.
Books
The Funniest Living Writers Choose the Funniest Books in the WorldWe asked more than 30 writers for the books that make them laugh. They had a lot to say.
Culturebox
Beautiful, Stirring, and OvercrowdedThe many small successes, and one large failure, of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Books
Lost in TranslationAn American tries to connect in rural Japan in the conclusion of Lars Martinson’s ambitious, beautiful Tonoharu trilogy.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The Trump, Turkey, and Teens EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast on parenting in the age of Trump and the teen movie The Edge of Seventeen.
Movies
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemIt’s great to be back in the wizarding world, even if Newt Scamander and his beasts are a little boring.
Brow Beat
Do You Find Most Books About Suffering in Isolated Provincial Hungarian Villages Neither Beautiful nor Pitiless Enough?
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Mom and Dad Are Fighting: The Mom’s With Her EditionListen to Slate’s parenting podcast on the AAP’s new screen-time recommendations and how moms of girls feel about Hillary.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Is There an Algorithm for Disciplining Your Children?Here’s a pretty good formula, according to the hosts of Slate’s parenting podcast.
Movies
MascotsThis Netflix mockumentary isn’t Christopher Guest at his best, but it’s still a charmer that packs a sneaky punch.
Books
When a Time-Traveling Space Hero Gets Lost, Who Takes Care of Him?John Martz’s touching comic Burt’s Way Home.
Mom and Dad Are Fighting
Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be Afraid to Watch TV With Your KidsSlate’s parenting podcast explains why it’s not a bad idea.