Register to Vote Below is the link that you would need to click to register as a voter in New York: • http://bit.ly/voterregny All you need is a few documents to confirm your identity and residence. In case you have any privacy concerns regarding sharing that information, think of it this way - you are giving it to the government, they already have all this information they are asking from you. They just want to make sure it is you actually registering to vote to minimize an

The Situation: Puerto Rico has declared a form of bankruptcy, once again, which is shocking because a panel was in place to solve the bankruptcy issue. Yet, there has been no article through the year of the policies and procedures, which they have taken to actually solve the issues, and what challenges they faced. The Issue: The Puerto Rican industry is poorly operated and managed, for instance, one can see that in 2017 Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Fiscal that there w

Why Vote? We are not surprised that people do not vote in local elections . The most common response is, “What is the point?” Well first and foremost, you are in a democracy, so it is your civil duty. But, that is not the most eye-catching one because people respond with, “I do what I want! This is the land of the free!” At this point we realize that a person does not know what they are arguing and they do not understand that with the privilege of living in a democracy comes

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) The SDGs (a set of targets that governments around the world agree to achieve through United Nations dialogue) is to create a world where everyone has a chance to climb the socioeconomic ladder. The SDGs will be achieved through resource development (e.g infrastructure security and development), human rights (e.g. gender equality and justice), and diplomacy. The achievement of SDGs should also have tremendous health benefits because st

Origin Story Æfocus is a for-profit think tank of a marketer and political scientist. One has multiple certifications in marketing, public relations, filmmaking, and business management. Whereas, the other one has studied political scientist at Baruch College and has significant experience in politics. So, together they created Æfocus which has expertise in consulting nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations on marketing strategies and political matters. Our Mission The

The Promise Once a week, the Æfocus team will try to show how major newspapers talk about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). There will be weekly posts to keep the readers informed and updated about the SDGs. So, the Æfocus team is determined to do it. Below is the first one, which affects SDG Goal 14. Please check in Every Thursday for another SDG Post by a member of our Focus Team. The Scenario The Ocean Conference is scheduled to be held through June fifth till the