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the transitional period between childhood and adulthood
a teenager during his minority has some of the rights of an adult, but not all
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Recent Examples of minorities
Particular challenges for women and minorities The bill under consideration is also likely to pose particular challenges for women, especially those who have taken their husbands’ name, which does doesn’t match the name on their birth certificate.
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Josh Meyer, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Authorities are also still detaining people linked to the January protests, former political prisoners or members of minorities.
—Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Next door in Syria, massacres of Alawite minorities took place last year in the wake of the Bashar al-Assad’s ouster — killings allegedly committed by forces aligned with the new government.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Together, those forces contribute to an increasingly tense environment in which women’s autonomy, LGBTQ rights, and the protection of minorities is not just openly contested, but actively undermined.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Among some parts of the intellectual and cultural elite, such as parts of academia, nonprofits and political parties, hostility toward Jews has become more apparent, with some suggesting that Jews simply do not deserve the same moral sympathy extended to other minorities.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
The United States should declare its commitment to Iran’s territorial integrity while arming the opposition—not only among Kurdish, Baluchi, and Arab minorities in the periphery, where local resistance could tie down security forces, but also among Persians in major cities.
—Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Both Cunningham and Fontenot are minorities, hired for the same job by the Falcons.
—Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
China approved a new set of ethnicity laws that critics say risks further eroding the rights of minorities.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
Josh Meyer, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
Authorities are also still detaining people linked to the January protests, former political prisoners or members of minorities.
—Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
Next door in Syria, massacres of Alawite minorities took place last year in the wake of the Bashar al-Assad’s ouster — killings allegedly committed by forces aligned with the new government.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2026
Together, those forces contribute to an increasingly tense environment in which women’s autonomy, LGBTQ rights, and the protection of minorities is not just openly contested, but actively undermined.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Among some parts of the intellectual and cultural elite, such as parts of academia, nonprofits and political parties, hostility toward Jews has become more apparent, with some suggesting that Jews simply do not deserve the same moral sympathy extended to other minorities.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026
The United States should declare its commitment to Iran’s territorial integrity while arming the opposition—not only among Kurdish, Baluchi, and Arab minorities in the periphery, where local resistance could tie down security forces, but also among Persians in major cities.
—Richard Goldberg, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Both Cunningham and Fontenot are minorities, hired for the same job by the Falcons.
—Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
China approved a new set of ethnicity laws that critics say risks further eroding the rights of minorities.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
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“Minorities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minorities. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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