diff --git a/app/blog/page.tsx b/app/blog/page.tsx
index 3fcd265..725cc39 100644
--- a/app/blog/page.tsx
+++ b/app/blog/page.tsx
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ export default async function BlogOverviewPage() {
         </Reveal>
 
         {featured && (
-          <Reveal delay={0.1} className="w-full px-[var(--layout-padding-x)] pt-10 pb-4">
+          // -mt-8, not pt-10 — pulls the card up to slightly overlap the
+          // hero section's bottom edge instead of sitting flush below it.
+          // relative z-10 keeps it stacked above the hero's own photo.
+          <Reveal delay={0.1} className="relative z-10 w-full px-[var(--layout-padding-x)] -mt-8 pb-4">
             <Link
               href={`/blog/${featured.slug}`}
               className="group grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 w-full max-w-[80rem] mx-auto rounded-md overflow-hidden bg-bg-muted transition-transform duration-300 hover:-translate-y-1"
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ export default async function BlogOverviewPage() {
                   <span>{featured.category}</span>
                   <span>•</span>
                   <span>{featured.readTime} Min</span>
+                  <span>•</span>
+                  <span className="uppercase">{formatDate(featured.publishedAt)}</span>
                 </div>
                 <p
                   className="font-semibold text-h-section text-text-primary"
diff --git a/app/challenge/page.tsx b/app/challenge/page.tsx
index 19c5671..0d46761 100644
--- a/app/challenge/page.tsx
+++ b/app/challenge/page.tsx
@@ -86,14 +86,6 @@ function LockIcon() {
   );
 }
 
-function ArrowRight() {
-  return (
-    <svg width="24" height="24" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" className="text-[#ccc] shrink-0">
-      <path d="M5 12h14M13 6l6 6-6 6" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="1.5" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" />
-    </svg>
-  );
-}
-
 const steps = [
   {
     icon: <IconEnvelope />,
@@ -294,8 +286,18 @@ export default function ChallengePage() {
                   </div>
                 </RevealItem>,
                 i < steps.length - 1 ? (
-                  <div key={`arrow-${i}`} className="hidden lg:flex items-center shrink-0 mt-5">
-                    <ArrowRight />
+                  // Same /icon-arrow-connector.svg asset and rotate-on-stack
+                  // pattern as todo-cards/newsletter's HowItWorks — this
+                  // used to be its own hand-drawn SVG arrow, inconsistent
+                  // with those two. Always visible (rotated 90° while
+                  // stacked below lg, this page's own structural
+                  // breakpoint) rather than hidden below lg like before.
+                  <div key={`arrow-${i}`} className="flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 lg:mt-5">
+                    <img
+                      alt=""
+                      src="/icon-arrow-connector.svg"
+                      className="w-6 h-6 rotate-90 lg:w-10 lg:h-3 lg:rotate-0"
+                    />
                   </div>
                 ) : null,
               ])}
diff --git a/app/lib/payload.ts b/app/lib/payload.ts
index 3d727e3..f3e9545 100644
--- a/app/lib/payload.ts
+++ b/app/lib/payload.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type BlogPost = {
   excerpt: string;
   thumbnail: string | null;
   publishedAt: string;
+  featured: boolean;
 };
 
 type PayloadPost = {
@@ -21,12 +22,18 @@ type PayloadPost = {
   excerpt: string;
   thumbnail: { url: string } | number | null;
   publishedAt: string;
+  featured: boolean;
 };
 
+// sort: "-featured,-publishedAt" — Payload's multi-field sort puts any
+// featured post(s) first, most-recently-published first among those, then
+// the rest by date. Callers that just want posts[0] as "the" featured post
+// (e.g. /blog) get a deterministic pick even if more than one post was
+// accidentally marked featured — no special-casing needed here.
 export async function getBlogPosts(limit = 3): Promise<BlogPost[]> {
   const params = new URLSearchParams({
     "where[tenant.slug][equals]": TENANT_SLUG,
-    sort: "-publishedAt",
+    sort: "-featured,-publishedAt",
     depth: "2",
     limit: String(limit),
   });
@@ -56,6 +63,7 @@ export async function getBlogPosts(limit = 3): Promise<BlogPost[]> {
         ? post.thumbnail.url
         : null,
     publishedAt: post.publishedAt,
+    featured: post.featured,
   }));
 }
 
@@ -96,6 +104,7 @@ export async function getPostBySlug(slug: string): Promise<PostDetail | null> {
       typeof doc.thumbnail === "object" && doc.thumbnail ? doc.thumbnail.url : null,
     content: doc.content,
     publishedAt: doc.publishedAt,
+    featured: doc.featured,
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/app/newsletter/components/HowItWorks.tsx b/app/newsletter/components/HowItWorks.tsx
index 6e551d0..d5ffa67 100644
--- a/app/newsletter/components/HowItWorks.tsx
+++ b/app/newsletter/components/HowItWorks.tsx
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ export function HowItWorks() {
               <p className="text-body-sm text-text-primary text-center">{step.desc}</p>
             </RevealItem>
             {i < steps.length - 1 && (
-              <div className="flex items-center justify-center shrink-0">
+              // md:mt-[1.625rem] (26px) centers the arrow on the h-16
+              // (64px) icon above it — same margin-based centering
+              // technique as Challenge's step connector and todo-cards'
+              // identical HowItWorks, not just the same icon asset.
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 md:mt-[1.625rem]">
                 <img
                   alt=""
                   src="/icon-arrow-connector.svg"
diff --git a/app/todo-cards/components/HowItWorks.tsx b/app/todo-cards/components/HowItWorks.tsx
index dbcbcca..8b4c0cd 100644
--- a/app/todo-cards/components/HowItWorks.tsx
+++ b/app/todo-cards/components/HowItWorks.tsx
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ export function HowItWorks() {
               <p className="text-body-sm text-text-primary text-center">{step.desc}</p>
             </RevealItem>
             {i < steps.length - 1 && (
-              <div className="flex items-center justify-center shrink-0">
+              // md:mt-[1.625rem] (26px) centers the arrow on the h-16
+              // (64px) icon above it — (64 - arrow's own 12px height) / 2
+              // — same margin-based centering technique as Challenge's
+              // step connector, not just the same icon asset.
+              <div className="flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 md:mt-[1.625rem]">
                 <img
                   alt=""
                   src="/icon-arrow-connector.svg"