Chicago on Vice

The Nationals Are a Real Baseball Team Now, a Homeless Guy Said So

The Washington Nationals are 100 percent for real. They exist. They are good. How good? Even homeless people in ass-backwards Chicago know about them. Full story

Hanging Out with Chicago's Scrap Metal Collectors

Scrappers suck on the industrial teat of the city and possess a sixth sense for anything metal and shiny. They're a bit like Magneto, except many of them have drug addictions that make them value heroin over their own teeth. Full story

Laying Waste to Gotham

Christopher Nolan doesn't give a fuck about cities. Full story

Fred Sasaki's Sticker Proposal for the City of Chicago

The following correspondence is from a manuscript of emails titled "Letters of Interest," by Fred Sasaki. Subjects arise from spam and angst, anger and absurdity, frustration and fuckall—Eros and Thanatos from inbox to inbox. Enter to witness non-consensual collaborative narrativ… Full story

Behold Your New Giant Mirrored Bean God

Here's an exclusive look at photographer Zak Arctander's new series, 'Flesh Made Steel,' which explores how goofy people look when visiting 'Cloud Gate,' the Anish Kapoor sculpture in Chicago's Millenium Park. Full story

The Recent Unpleasantness

Strike Gripes

We went to the front lines of the Chicago teachers strike and got the inside scoop on what's really going on. Turns out a lot of people are hungry for pizza and upset they're missing 'The Young and the Restless.' Full story

World Peace Update

We're not quite there yet, folks. Full story

NATO in Chicago - Weekend Warriors

Here's what actually happened over the weekend. It was as crazy as you've heard. Full story

NATO in Chicago - Let the Games Begin

The cops started it off with at least eight false arrests, and the summit doesn't even start until Sunday. Full story

VICE and Serengeti's Alter-Ego, Kenny Dennis, Interview Each Other

Passing notes with Kenny Dennis, um, we mean Serengeti. Full story