We know how empowering it can be to make a trip by bus, bike, or another sustainable option—to embody our values through action. We’re going to keep doing our best to make your daily trips more sustainable, safe, and joyful, and we wish you a happy #EarthDay.

Today we celebrate those for whom the current political climate is a desert, who face growing discrimination and violence, and whose courage to be themselves makes their hearts more astonishing than the loveliest hummingbird. #TransDayOfVisibility

We are lucky that despite the harms of shifting political winds, the truth of nature’s diversity, efficiency, and beauty persists. The world is full of unplain truths outside the limited minds of today’s politicians.

We have a long way to reach that level playing field, where all people have access to be judged by their merit, where all receive equal pay for their labor. Rather than pretending “colorblindness,” opening our eyes to the uncomfortable parts of America’s past can help us chart a more just course.

This is not a battle that’s been won. According to the National Women’s Law Center, as of 2022, Black women were paid 69 cents for every dollar made by white, non-Hispanic men.

ASALH, the founders of #BlackHistoryMonth, notes that 2025 marks the 100-year anniversary of the creation of Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids by organizer and activist A. Philip Randolph, which was the first Black union to receive a charter in the AFL (asalh.org/black-histor...).