Jonquilyn Hill

3 days ago | vox.com | Jonquilyn Hill

Summer camp. It’s where kids go every year to make friends, find their long-lost twin, or even evade a slasher wreaking havoc on the campers and counselors. At least, that’s what pop culture would lead you to believe: For the outsized space they take up in our consciousness, going to camp for the summer isn’t actually all that common.

2 weeks ago | vox.com | Jonquilyn Hill

These days, it seems like anything could be a recession indicator. Press-on nails. Strip club habits. Lena Dunham’s exodus from New York. But how do we really know if there’s an impending economic contraction? “There’s a super wide variety of what qualifies as a so-called ‘recession indicator’ on the internet,” Wall Street Journal markets reporter Hannah Erin Lang told me in the latest episode of Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in podcast.

2 weeks ago | vox.com | Jonquilyn Hill

A couple weeks ago, I did something I try to do at least once a month: I went to the church I’m a member of in person instead of online. Growing up, church was a regular part of my life, and not just on Sundays. My father is a pastor, so it was common to spend a weekday evening doing my homework in my dad’s office, music from choir rehearsal pouring in as I finished whatever worksheet was due the next day.

2 weeks ago | vox.com | Avishay Artsy |Jonquilyn Hill

Universities are having a tough time under the second Trump administration. From elite private schools like Harvard and Columbia to state schools and community colleges, the nation’s institutions of higher learning are on high alert about cuts to federal funding and grants and even, in the case of Columbia, threats of stripping the university’s accreditation status. Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are no exception.

1 month ago | vox.com | Jonquilyn Hill

Every week on Explain It to Me, Vox’s call-in podcast, we answer the questions that matter to you most. When we got a question from a listener named Hannah, it piqued our interest. She wanted to know: How do you find a long-lost relative? “I was raised by my mom,” she says. “I knew my dad was out there somewhere, but I never really gave too much thought about it because I did have a pretty full life.” By the time we spoke with her, she had found her father online and reached out to him.