Dan LeRoy, Author at Women's eNews

West Virginia Gives $100 Welfare Marriage Bonus

By Dan LeRoy ● Employment ● August 14, 2001

West Virginia is the only state offering a cash marriage incentive to couples getting welfare benefits: $100 a month to 1,633 couples. Advocates say it’s working, experts say the jury is out, and critics say it may keep poor women in abusive homes.

Rural Women on Welfare Facing Bleak Prospects

By Dan LeRoy ● Politics ● May 27, 2001

West Virginia is a laboratory for rural welfare reform, and most of the study subjects are women. In that mountainous state, single mothers face low-wage jobs, lack of child care, transportation hurdles, lack of child support and gender stereotypes.

A Coal Miner’s Daughter Is Fighting King Coal

By Dan LeRoy ● Commentary ● October 16, 2000

Mountain Party candidate for governor, Denise Giardina, is taking on West Virginia’s coal industry and demanding an end to brutal mountaintop removal that she calls a sin. The incumbent, a former coal company executive, is considered a likely winner.

Dan LeRoy

Dan LeRoy's Latest Articles