This week, a federal judge struck down an Arkansas law banning gender affirming care for minors. Last week, AJ Hess reported on the fast-moving wave of anti trans legislation—and what companies can do to help.

There is a growing body of evidence that demonstrates why so many people are investing in executive coaching.⁠ ⁠ Over the past several decades, high-powered leaders have increasingly turned to executive coaches to help guide them as they advance through their careers. More recently, people are realizing that all kinds of workers can benefit from having a career coach.⁠ ⁠ Read more about why executive coaching is becoming more popular and how you can decide if an executive coach is right for you at the link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ [Source images: Tasha Vector/Getty Images; Alesia Kazantceva/Unsplash; Rawpixel]

The Coast Guard is leading the search for an OceanGate submarine that went missing while diving toward the Titanic wreckage. In 2017, Fast Company spoke to Stockton Rush—founder of OceanGate and one of the five missing people on this dive—about his hopes for the company.

There’s a new font in town—and it’s already causing rifts on Reddit.⁠ ⁠ The font is called Intel One Mono, and as its name implies, it was designed by tech giant Intel, together with New York-based type design practice Frere-Jones Type and marketing agency VMLY&R primarily for developers. By definition, monospaced fonts consist of characters that have the same width and occupy the same horizontal space, making it easy for coders and programmers to tell the difference between long strings of characters.⁠ ⁠ But here’s where Intel One Mono stands out: it was designed with and for low-vision developers.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ [Image: Frere-Jones Type]

Summer is always a good time for nostalgic vibes, and McDonald’s limited release of a purple shake as part of a Grimace Birthday Meal seems particularly suited to a moment when ridiculous escapism sounds appealing.⁠ ⁠ The release and extensive feel-good-news coverage of the Grimace special (a Happy Meal variation with a purple drink, marking the blobby character’s 52nd year) coincided with the depressing spectacle of a former president’s arraignment on federal criminal charges. So even Axios, better known for obsessive political scoops, covered the Grimace shake release, positioning it as in tune with nostalgic throwbacks like the new "Little Mermaid" reboot, and forthcoming Barbie movie.⁠ ⁠ Read more about the power of nostalgia at the link in bio.

After watching her stepdaughter Rylie battle with lonlieness and mental health, Cindy Jordan, who had cofounded and led a medical referral service company, realized that the U.S. has no real clinical approach to tackling loneliness—and that she wanted to find a way to address it. ⁠ ⁠ She and her wife, Anne, started Pyx Health, a tech-enabled services company that partners with insurers to screen their members for loneliness and offer interventions via a combination of a chatbot and a team of support staff who are overseen by a clinician. And although Rylie lost her battle with mental health issues 2021, Jordan still hopes to create changes for others.⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ [Images: Joe Shields/Unsplash; Marcello Gamez/Unsplash; karandaev/Getty Images]

Many Americans will see their monthly expenses shoot up this fall—that’s when the pause on federal student loan interest and payments will expire. ⁠ ⁠ The pause was implemented in 2020 as the pandemic and its negative economic effects swept across America. But three years later, the pandemic feels like it’s in the rear-view mirror and the student loan payment pause is coming to an end. ⁠ ⁠ However, this year is also notable for a few more student loan reasons.⁠ ⁠ Learn more about what you need to know when payments resume at the link in bio.

A "wooden city" is being planned in an old Stockholm industrial zone filled with former factory buildings and parking lots.⁠ ⁠ It would be the largest mass-timber development in the world, spanning 25 blocks with 30 sustainable mass timber buildings that will add 7,000 new offices and 2,000 new homes. ⁠ ⁠ “We want to show what is already possible today,” says Annica Ånäs, CEO of Atrium Ljungberg, the development company behind the project. ⁠ ⁠ Read more about the sustainable city at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ [Photo 1-4: Atrium Ljungberg]

Banana Republic is re-embracing its controversial history with a jet-setting, world-conquering, colonial-inspired "safari" look. ⁠ ⁠ Originally unveiled in 2021, the rebrand seemed like a particularly bad time to embrace the history of white supremacy and imperialism, in the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the Black Lives Matter movement, yet Banana Republic’s bet appears to have paid off. But it’s worth asking: At a time when consumers care more than ever about what their brands stand for, why hasn’t there been more of an uproar about Banana Republic?⁠ ⁠ Read more at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ [Images: Banana Republic, Bryan Moss/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images, Brilt/Getty Images]

In the world of venture capitalism, it remains unusual for women to hold the top jobs and be empowered to write checks."⁠ ⁠ As the newly installed managing partner of CapitalG, Alphabet’s $4 billion independent growth fund, Laela Sturdy is an exception to the rule—or, perhaps, a sign of how the industry is slowly evolving. Over the past ten years, Sturdy has made a name for herself as the brains behind some of CapitalG’s most lucrative investments.⁠ ⁠ Read more about Sturdy, who is No. 9 on Fast Company's fourth annual Queer 50 list, at the link in bio.

Tech startup @pangaia, beloved by Instagram users, took Fast Company behind the scenes to see how underutilized materials become sustainable clothing.

Remote and hybrid arrangements are important to today’s job seekers, but there’s a potential downside.⁠ ⁠ It may be harder to form work friendships when you’re virtual, and the lack of connection can contribute to loneliness. The U.S. surgeon general’s office recently released a health advisory about loneliness, linking it to a variety of physical and mental health issues, inlcuding increased risk of depression, stroke and dementia. ⁠ ⁠ Read more about how you can combat loneliness by developing work friendships at the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ [Photo: xavierarnau/Getty Images]