Jessica Lee

Oct 13, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Joe Piggin |Jessica Lee |Benjamin Williams

The aim of this special issue is to encourage critical discussions and advancements about the politics involved in physical activity advocacy, policy and practice. Concerted efforts have been made to raise physical activity rates around the world. Yet recent research shows that on a global level, insufficient physical activity has increased from 23% in the year 2000, to 31% in 2022 (Strain et al. Citation2024).

Jun 11, 2024 | nature.com | Christopher Mason |James Green |Jordan Baechle |Mathias Basner |Susan Bailey |Joseph Borg | +34 more

AbstractThe recent acceleration of commercial, private and multi-national spaceflight has created an unprecedented level of activity in low Earth orbit, concomitant with the largest-ever number of crewed missions entering space and preparations for exploration-class (lasting longer than one year) missions. Such rapid advancement into space from many new companies, countries and space-related entities has enabled a ‘second space age’.

Apr 30, 2024 | aei.org | Jessica Lee |Matthew Leger

Key PointsPersistent labor shortages, worker disengagement, falling workforce participation rates, and skills gaps currently define the US economy and labor force. Seldom does a day go by without a headline about employers claiming how difficult it is to find and retain talent, with some reducing a complex problem to the fact that no one wants to work anymore. However, this simplistic view risks overlooking a vast, readily available, and untapped talent pool—the neurodivergent workforce.

Jan 31, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Venki Ramakrishnan |Frank Tallis |Anna Shechtman |Jessica Lee

Isaac Arnsdorf. Little, Brown, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-0-316-49751-0Washington Post journalist Arnsdorf debuts with a raucous recap of the evolution of Trumpism since the 2020 election via the “Precinct Strategy,” a movement encouraging adherents to join the Republican Party’s lowest ranks as precinct committeemen, from which vantage point they can oust moderate Republican leaders and promote MAGA primary candidates.

Jan 29, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Venki Ramakrishnan |Frank Tallis |Anna Shechtman |Jessica Lee

Susan Page. Simon & Schuster, $30 (480p) ISBN 978-1-982197-92-6Page (Madam Speaker), the Washington Bureau chief of USA Today, presents an authoritative biography of the broadcast news legend, who died in 2022. Offering astute psychological insight into Walters, Page credits the nonstop hustle her father displayed as a booking agent with stoking his daughter’s ambition but contends his frequent business failures left her with the sense that success is fleeting.