Episode 35: Banned From Changing Your Name

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Oct 1, 202100:31:14News & Politics

Illinois currently has one of the most restrictive laws name change laws in the country – a law that bans people from being able to change their names for at least ten years. On this episode we discussed the harms that t...

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