Can Are.na Make The Internet Calm Down?

We interview the co-founders of Are.na on growing a social platform that feels less like a firehose and more like a garden.

What It's Like To Be Diagnosed With ADHD As An Adult

I've always had a brain with the "zoomies". It took me nearly 30 years to find out what that meant.

Can Are.na Make The Internet Calm Down?

We interview the co-founders of Are.na on growing a social platform that feels less like a firehose and more like a garden.

What It's Like To Be Diagnosed With ADHD As An Adult

I've always had a brain with the "zoomies". It took me nearly 30 years to find out what that meant.

Mandy Harris Williams Knows You’re Listening

The pop star intellectual uses glamour to ship criticism to the masses.

How The 9-5 City Failed Women

Despite decades of research, gender inequality in urban transit has left women behind.

Mark Townsend Believes We Can Get Better

Decades into an overdose epidemic, the revolutionary harm reduction activist is still fighting.

I Microdosed At Work And Found A New Career Path

A sales manager pops mushroom pills, finds God—or something like that.

The Bright + Early Guide to Working With Weed

Do your workplace cannabis policies hold up in 2021?

The Bright + Early Guide to Work Fights

A step by step guide to squashing the beef.

The Death Of Rest

A brief history of Labour Day and the vacation days you never take.

The 2021 Expecting Playbook

A guide to developing your company's first parental leave program in Ontario, Canada.

Can a Worker's Co-Op Thrive in Big Tech?

We speak to Hypha, an anti-capitalist worker's co-operative, on how they work.

The Invisible Work of Caring

LinYee Yuan, creator of MOLD Magazine, reflects on how the critical work of caring shows up in her life.

Against Representation Without Transformation

Visibility is important, but we should be demanding so much more.

Is Ergonomics Maybe Bullshit?

We talk to Jared Blake, prolific chair-sitter and co-owner of furniture store Lichen NYC, to get the unvarnished truth about office furniture.

Do I Really Need a Mentor?

Is it better to learn from the proverbial Boys Club, or someone who has already shattered a glass ceiling or two?

I Quit My Racist Workplace After Their Response To George Floyd

A Black designer tires of fighting for a seat and sets out to build her own table.

Stranger than Fiction

Our Totally Authentic Company Values

Get in, loser... we’re disrupting to the direct-to-consumer nail clipper space.

Issue 62: Thou Shalt Hustle

How to refresh your company values, the one word you shouldn't say on slack, and more.

The Bright + Early Guide To Paying People

A step by step on how to build equitable pay systems from scratch.

Editor's Letter

Welcome to Early!

A work magazine for real life.

Stranger than Fiction

Every Tech Interview (Like, Ever)

Think of it like a first date, but with much blurrier boundaries.

I Secretly Worked Two Jobs From Home

A project manager juggles two separate 9-to-5's during lockdown. Will they get caught?

Help! How Do I Get My Coworkers To Care About Diversity?

Our DEI expert guides a woman deciding whether to take on the extra work of educating.

How "Girlboss" Became A Slur

For the girlboss, feminism was a brand building exercise rather than a show of solidarity.

What Does Indigenous Reconciliation Look Like At Work?

Métis HR & DEI consultant Stephanie Bergman talks to us about her experiences (and best advice) as an Indigenous woman at work.

New Tools

A writer reflects on how her time in construction shaped her identity.

Issue 61: Something Bright Is Coming....

Why it seems like everyone's hiring a Head of People, Amazon's pandemic staffing woes, and some cool WFH tools.

Issue 60: The 🌈 Wash

The days of not walking your talk are done. Does this mean your company should avoid celebrating Pride at all?