Melissa Boteach

Melissa Boteach is the Vice President of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress.

What South Carolinians Think About Paul Ryan’s Poverty Forum

What South Carolinians Think About Paul Ryan’s Poverty Forum What South Carolinians Think About Paul Ryan’s Poverty Forum

Conservative leaders will outline their anti-poverty plans this weekend in one of the country’s poorest states. 

Jan 8, 2016 / Alyssa Peterson and Melissa Boteach

Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House.

Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case for Raising the Minimum Wage Paul Ryan Just Accidentally Made a Great Case for Raising the Minimum Wage

In his first major speech as speaker of the House, Ryan inadvertently made one of the strongest arguments for lifting the wage floor.

Dec 4, 2015 / Rebecca Vallas and Melissa Boteach

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