August 2024 - Beyond Chron

I Went to Chicago: My Top 5 DNC Highlights

Posted August 26, 2024 by Randy Shaw

Activism on Display I had a whirlwind trip to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Here are my top 5 highlights.

Convention Attendees Are “Doing Something”

“It’s up to us to remember what Kamala’s mother told her: Don’t just sit Read More »

University of Pennsylvania Democrats Organizing Meeting

Young People Will Vote in November. Here’s Why.

Posted August 19, 2024 by Randy Shaw

Enthusiasm + Mobilizing + Outreach=Greater Youth Turnout One month ago there was little voter enthusiasm for Joe Biden among Democratic-leaning young voters. Today, as the Democratic Convention opens behind Kamala Harris, young voters enthusiasm has skyrocketed. But will this boost Read More »

Do SF Mayoral Candidates Have Strategies To Tackle The City’s Rampant Graffiti?

Posted August 19, 2024 by Sebastian

The Tenderloin City College of San Francisco Graffiti Clean-up Project Shortly after I wrote about the graffiti on the abandoned Tenderloin City College building at 750 Eddy Street, the President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and mayoral candidate, Read More »

For Harris-Walz, It’s Morning in America

Posted August 12, 2024 by Randy Shaw

A Vision of a Positive Future Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are promoting joy, freedom, and a hopeful future for America. Their optimistic tenor about the nation’s present and future echoes Ronald Reagan’s 1984 re-election campaign. The difference, of course, Read More »

Is Breed “Surging” and Peskin “Struggling”?

Posted August 12, 2024 by Randy Shaw

“The mayor’s race will start taking decisive shape in mid-September or potentially not until voting by mail begins. That’s why polling on this race is not definitive and four of the five candidates can still win.”—Beyond Chron, August 5, 2024 Read More »

Letters to the Editor

Posted August 6, 2024 by Beyond Chron

LETTER TO THE EDITOR RE: “Harris Revives Obama’s 2008 Campaign Vibe,” by Randy Shaw (BeyondChron, July 29, 2024) Whoever Vice President Kamala Harris names as her running mate for V.P. will be critical. It could be Senator Josh Shapiro or Read More »

Will SF’s Crackdown Actually Happen?

Posted August 5, 2024 by Randy Shaw

Over 90% of Sidewalk Campers Refuse Shelter The media claims San Francisco is unfairly breaking up encampments despite offering campers no other place to go. But city records destroy this narrative. They show that over 90% offered shelter refuse it—a Read More »

Who is Gaining in SF Mayor’s Race?

Posted August 5, 2024 by Randy Shaw

Still A Wide-Open Race San Francisco is less than 100 days from choosing its next mayor. Yet the race remains wide-open. Here’s (in reverse alphabet order) who is gaining ground and what the leading candidates must do to win. I Read More »