Michael Patrick Welch
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Chelsea, MI, United States
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This Conservative Talk Show Host Still Does the Radio Version of Blackface
'Walton and Johnson,' which has been on the air in the South for over 35 years, features stereotypical gay and black characters voiced by one of the white hosts. → Read More
The good fight: Jan Ramsey keeps music journalism alive in New Orleans
From her office overlooking Frenchmen, New Orleans’s most musical street, Jan Ramsey commands OffBeat magazine, which has reported on the city’s music scene in painstaking detail for three decades, promoting musicians who might otherwise never receive a lick of press. Ramsey, who is 68, has recently let her trademark fire-orange hair go grey, but nonetheless […] → Read More
Democrats, Please Don't Nominate My Mayor for President
Mitch Landrieu is getting some 2020 buzz, but New Orleanians can tell you about his spotty record. → Read More
What Happens to Prison Inmates Caught in Hurricanes?
Texas prisoners say they went days without running water after Harvey. → Read More
Fear, Flooding, Harvey, and Me
How I learned to fear the rain. → Read More
What should a memorial to slavery look like? One museum's answer: put slave stories first.
"They did what they could to erase your past." → Read More
So, You Want to Remove Your Town's Confederate Monuments
Lessons learned from New Orleans's long but ultimately successful effort to unseat its rebel statues. → Read More
Dave Chappelle and Chris Rock Just Tag-Teamed a Show in New Orleans. We Were There.
Rock opened up about his divorce, Chappelle discussed his new specials, the crowd went nuts. → Read More
Protests escalate over Louisiana pipeline by company behind Dakota Access
Louisiana residents are starting to get involved in environmental issues and are making themselves heard about the disputed Bayou Bridge pipeline → Read More
'He Smells Like a Men's Gym': Kids Write Raps About Donald Trump
Hip-hop was made for times like these. So I asked my students to write some bars and express the way they feel about our new president. It was not pretty. → Read More
Articles by Michael Patrick Welch
VICE.com is an ever-expanding nebula of immersive investigative journalism, uncomfortable sociological examination, uncouth activities, making fun of people who should know better, and award-winning documentaries from a worldwide network of contributors → Read More
Still Racist After All These Years: Why David Duke Won't Go Away
It's been 25 years since David Duke, one of America's most notorious racists, got more than 670,000 votes in the Louisiana governor's race. Now he's running for a Senate seat and doing surprisingly well. → Read More
For sale: 44m acres for oil drilling, but not if Louisiana's Bucket Brigade can help it
Hundreds of protesters may not have been able to stop the Gulf of Mexico lease sale but storming a meeting of executives made their message loud and clear → Read More
America's First Slavery Museum Shifts the Focus from Masters to Slaves
Unlike many plantation tours, which lionize wealthy white slaveowners, the Whitney Plantation in Louisiana tells the violent history of slavery from the perspective of the people who were chained, maimed, and molested. → Read More
Meet the New Orleans Blogger Whose Story on Senator David Vitter's Alleged Love Child Could Derail His Campaign
Independent journalist Jason Brad Berry has broken big stories before, but his latest might change the course of the Louisiana gubernatorial race. → Read More
Vandals, Grave Robbers, and Fire Ants Haunt a City's Famous Cemeteries
With big challenges and little support, volunteers are keeping an iconic part of New Orleans from crumbling. → Read More
Our Beheaded Baby Goat Went Viral
A couple of weeks ago, on a moist, chilly morning, I was drinking the day’s first coffee when a text arrived from my wife. "Someone murdered one of the goats." We’d recently moved to New Orleans' slightly more ... → Read More
Hurricane Katrina Was a Nightmare for Inmates in New Orleans
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, we revisited the horrific story of the inmates who were stuck in the hellish Orleans Parish Prison. → Read More
How my goat lived through Katrina – and became a New Orleans celebrity
Calm in the face of chaos, Chauncey Gardner, who died earlier this year, lived in our Ninth Ward backyard for nine years and became a key part of the recovery → Read More
New Orleans goes smoke-free: a breath of fresh air or a blow to its unique character?
While some see a ban on indoor smoking as a threat to the freewheeling city’s famed nightlife – and a source of noise nuisance – others sense an opportunity → Read More