menu_open Columnists
Jonquilyn Hill

Jonquilyn Hill

Vox

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

How summer camp became an American obsession

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...

24.06.2025 10

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Can pop music actually predict a recession?

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...

11.06.2025 4

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Why is Gen Z getting more religious? We asked them.

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,...

10.06.2025 4

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

You’ve found a lost relative. Now what?

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...

12.05.2025 8

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

How to talk to your boomer parents about retirement

Money is always stressful, but between on-again, off-again, on-again tariffs, inflation, and a general sense of uncertainty, all things finance have...

28.04.2025 30

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Will any climate progress survive the next four years?

Many worry that the Trump administration will derail the clean energy transition. But there’s reason to believe otherwise.

21.04.2025 10

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

The end of “college for all”

Is college for everybody? According to Chelsea Waite, a senior researcher at the Center on Reinventing Public Education, the answer is no. And more...

14.04.2025 20

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

I can’t afford a house right now. Am I screwed?

“Should I buy a house?” That’s the question that a listener, Miranda, brought to Explain It to Me, Vox’s weekly call-in show. “I think...

07.04.2025 3

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

The only generation not in a sex recession

If you’ve read the news lately, you’ve probably heard that Americans may be in the middle of a sex recession. But at least one demographic of...

24.03.2025 300

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Were companies ever serious about DEI?

The buzzwords “diversity, equity, and inclusion” are everywhere right now, but you can’t be blamed if you don’t quite have a handle on what...

16.03.2025 30

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Why you still don’t need a REAL ID…yet

Some things feel like a fact of life: The sun rises in the morning and sets in the evening. Winter turns to spring, which turns to summer, which turns...

05.03.2025 5

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Is our sleep getting worse?

It’s a biological fact of life. The birds do it. The bees do it. Even we do it. No, not that. I’m talking, of course, about sleep, that vital...

19.02.2025 7

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

If you want to find a match, try swiping this time of year

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not Christmas. Or Hanukkah. Or Kwanzaa. Or even the 11th anniversary of Beyoncé’s surprise...

27.12.2024 6

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Why are foods banned in other places still on US grocery shelves?

05.11.2024 3

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Are Black voters drifting from Democrats? It’s complicated.

03.11.2024 4

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Do those annoying political fundraising texts actually work?

23.10.2024 3

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

I’m Gen Z. ​​How can I save for retirement and still enjoy my life?

16.10.2024 81000

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Am I less likely to get a divorce than my parents?

09.10.2024 10

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Why do we say “like,” like, all the time? 

25.09.2024 2

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

Is my dentist scamming me?

18.09.2024 3

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill

What Kamala Harris and Beyoncé have in common 

16.08.2024 2

Vox

Jonquilyn Hill