Columns About Addressing Poverty in the United States

 Erik Devereux is a columnist for the online edition of the PA Times, a publication of the American Society for Public Administration.

Some of the columns specifically discuss issues related to poverty. Among these columns are two that single out issues in the U.S. South for special attention. The South is noteworthy for having tremendous political power yet that power has not been used to overcome longstanding, structure deficiencies involving poor economic and health outcomes for the residents in the region. This legacy is an absolute disgrace and those associated with achieving this disgrace should be criticized for their egregious lack of concern.

Here are links to these columns:

• "How Research Impedes Federal Response to Poverty and Inequality" (4/12/2016)


• "Using Research to Improve Federal Response to Poverty, Inequality" (7/13/2016)


• "The U.S. South Is a Festering Problem that Requires a Vigorous Federal Solution" (10/20/2017)

• "Ideas for a Federal Government Intervention to Improve Conditions in the U.S. South" (1/17/2018)