Jose A. Del Real

Jul 18, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Jose A. Del Real

— Reported in MilwaukeeThe body had been taken away, the police and the news cameras were gone, too, and now all that was left of Samuel Sharpe’s existence were the piles of fabric and tarp he had called his home. A mile away, in the Fiserv Forum, thousands were gathered for the political convention where Donald Trump would officially accept the Republican presidential nomination, but here, Jeanne Heckenlively was keeping watch.

May 24, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Jose A. Del Real

Reported in MilwaukeeTheir emails to government officials had gone unanswered, their requests to testify at City Hall had been ignored, and now 14 residents of Milwaukee public housing were gathered in a pink linoleum common room to brainstorm how to get attention from the people with power. “A woman got robbed in the hallway,” one woman said. “I don’t feel safe here.”“I need to get the mold out of my apartment. I can’t breathe,” said another. “There are mice everywhere,” said a man.

Dec 9, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Jose A. Del Real |Melina Mara

An aging couple with a small farm in rural Iowa reflects on their changing community – and country – amid a family reunion and the annual corn harvest.