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Philip Eil

Providence
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Covers:  providence & rhode island politics, the providence journal (and other local media outlets), marijuana legalization, climate change and the environment, activism, what to do with rhode island's most iconic (and currently abandoned) skyscraper, drug addiction & overdoses, the local tech scene, urban violence, mars exploration, alex and ani, brown/risd/uri/pc & ri's other colleges and universities, hp lovecraft
Journalist. Author of "Prescription for Pain: How a Once-Promising Doctor Became the 'Pill Mill Killer.'" This place is cooked. Find me on Bluesky & elsewhere.

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Life-long Providence guy, with excursions of varied lengths to Ann Arbor (college), San Francisco (internship at the Bay Guardian), New York City (a brief, ill-fated stint in children's publishing; later, graduate school), Southern Ohio/Chicago/Florida/New York/North Carolina (an attempt to write an "In Cold Blood"-esque true crime book that's currently stuck in a timeless FOIA-related deep-freeze).

Now I have the coolest job in Rhode Island. *

*It's true. I fact-checked it.

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It's Alex and Ani's state...

It's Alex and Ani's state...

Has Rhode Island ever seen a company as ambitious or as hungry to broadcast its name as Alex and Ani? Before …

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On Tour With Westboro: Bubbles, Condoms, and a Gay Pope from Pawtucket

On Tour With Westboro: Bubbles, Condoms, and a Gay Pope from Pawtucket

Say what you want about the Westboro Baptist Church - that they're a flaring rash on the ass of humanity that…

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News at What Cost?

News at What Cost?

A 16-year-old girl is shot at a graduation party. Days later, after the shooter (also 16) turns himself in, a…

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The New Menswear Exhibit Worth a Road Trip: RISD's Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion...

The New Menswear Exhibit Worth a Road Trip: RISD's Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion...

I witnessed an almost religious moment during a recent preview of Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men of Fashion, the hig…

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Should Jews Own Guns?

Should Jews Own Guns?

"Jews have been on the wrong end of the gun, the crossbow, and the sword forever," a man tells Dan Baum over …

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Looking for Providence in All the Wrong Places

Looking for Providence in All the Wrong Places

In the fall of 1635, Roger Williams was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, convicted of preaching "d…

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City of Central Falls receives first payment from Wyatt since 2021 Original

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By Philip Eil
| Rhode Island Current
by Philip Eil, Rhode Island Current May 7, 2026 For the first time in five years, the corporation that oversees the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility has made a payment to the city of Central Falls. The reasons for the $250,000 payment to the city for hosting the 770-bed quasi-private facility that serves as Rhode Island’s only Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center were not immediately clear.
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‘Disgraceful’: What McKee’s remark says about his warped view of primary elections Original

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By Philip Eil
| Rhode Island Current
by Philip Eil, Rhode Island Current March 3, 2026 Gov. Dan McKee said something stunning last week during a meeting with the North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee. While discussing his primary election challenge from former CVS executive Helena Buonanno Foulkes, he expressed disbelief and anger that Foulkes — or any of his fellow Democrats — would challenge him. “I’m a sitting Democratic governor elected and I am going to get primaried in my own party,” he said on Feb.
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Magaziner visits ICE detainees at the Wyatt. Will his fellow congressmen follow suit? Original

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By Philip Eil
| Rhode Island Current
U.S. Rep. Seth Magaziner paid an unannounced visit to Rhode Island’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility this week. On Tuesday afternoon, he issued a statement after inspecting the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, in Central Falls, which holds detainees for the U.S. Marshals Service as well as ICE.
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