Bows and maces kept turning up in royal women’s tombs at Dahshur, and no one could say whether they were props or kit. A reassessment of six skeletons found the archery signature — thickened upper-arm and grip muscles — matching the weapons each woman was buried holding.
Dowry deaths have risen since the protest years — more than 6,500 in 2022 — even as the public mourning faded. In Public Culture, Kriti Kapila traces the silence to the 1955 reform that cut dowry loose from ritual and let it behave like a commodity.
Most US police de-escalation training has never been rigorously tested on actual use of force. Of dozens of programs adopted nationwide, only two show solid evidence of reducing force.
Platforms remove fake nudes faster under copyright rules than abuse reports. A CHI 2026 study says reporting systems can deepen victims’ trauma.
A new UC Berkeley Labor Center analysis profiles California’s 186,000 security guards. Most earn below a living wage, over half the low-wage tier lack employer health insurance, and annual turnover nears 92 percent. Researchers link that churn to weaker safety, citing airport screening data. The workforce is overwhelmingly people of color.