Subscribe Subscribe

Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV

Sections

Join Us

Newsletters
Subscribe
Give a Gift
Shop the TIME Store
TIME Cover Store
Digital Magazine

Customer Care

US & Canada
Global Help Center

Reach Out

Careers
Press Room
Contact the Editors
Media Kit
Reprints and Permissions

More

About Us
Privacy Policy
Your Privacy Rights
Terms of Use
Modern Slavery Statement
Site Map

Connect with Us

Lydia Kiesling

Kiesling is the author of the novels Mobility and The Golden State

Recent Articles

A Department of Education Office Changed My Life

Now it's been cut

By Lydia Kiesling March 20, 2025

More from TIME

More From TIME

Home
U.S.
Politics
World
Health
Business
Tech
Personal Finance by TIME Stamped
Shopping by TIME Stamped
Future of Work by Charter

Entertainment
Ideas
Science
History
Sports
Magazine
The TIME Vault
TIME For Kids
TIMECO2
Coupons

TIME Edge
Video
Masthead
Newsletters
Subscribe
Digital Magazine
Give a Gift
Shop the TIME Store
Careers
Modern Slavery Statement

Press Room
TIME Studios
U.S. & Canada Customer Care
Global Help Center
Contact the Editors
Reprints and Permissions
Site Map
Media Kit
Supplied Partner Content
About Us

© 2025 TIME USA, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy (Your Privacy Rights) and Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.
TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.