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Dan Slater

Dan Slater is the author of Love in the Time of Algorithms: What Technology Does to Meeting and Mating. On Jan. 18 he married the yoga instructor.

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Cartel Land

This Cop Saved U.S. Teens From a Cartel

<p>In this excerpt from <i>Wolf Boys</i>, about two American teens recruited by a Mexican drug cartel, we meet Robert Garcia, the cop whose job it became to track the boys down.</p>

Dan Slater

Streetwise

Richard Price Gives It Up for Stories

The author of ‘The Whites’ and ‘Clockers’ talks about genre fiction, about hitting the street for research, and about the details that can bring a story alive.

Dan Slater

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OK, Cupid

Can’t Find Me Love

One journalist turned to online dating to find love—and discovered his parents’ own dating history. By Dan Slater.

Dan Slater

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Researching Life

The Happiness Project

The famous Grant Study tracked hundreds of Harvard men from youth to death to determine what predicts contentment.

Dan Slater

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Can You Prosecute Dishonest Daters?

The case was about military honors and free speech, but federal judges also wondered about dishonest online daters, writes Dan Slater.

Dan Slater

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Corporate

Are White Shoe Law Firms In Peril?

Dewey & LeBoeuf is near collapse. Inside the deadly combination of economic malaise and inept management.

Dan Slater

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Affirmative Action Not Dead Yet

Could a new Supreme Court case mean the end of race-based admissions? Not so fast, writes Dan Slater.

Dan Slater

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