Mother Teresa’s sisters uplift the unwanted people of Gallup

Now, on one Tuesday evening, Sr. Auxilia and the other Missionaries prepare Casa San Martin for the evening meal, as they do each day. The food they serve is donated or funded by various stores and agencies in the area, and the sisters try to make each serving as generous and nutritious as possible.

Tonight’s menu is roast beef, broccoli, pasta salad, and bread. As several sisters busy themselves in the kitchen, two more go to the front door. First, a moment is taken to say a prayer before a statue of St. Joseph, and then the door is opened.

One sister prepares to search bags for contraband, and the other instructs...

About 20,000 salaried “white-collar” employees in New Mexico might be eligible for overtime pay in 2017 when an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act takes effect the last day of this year.

In May, The U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule revising the FLSA’s overtime exemption regulations. The most significant change was to the minimum salary levels that salaried employees must be paid to be considered exempt from federal overtime requirements.

Going forward, employees who earn less than $913 per week — or $47,476 per year — will be considered nonexempt, and employers must pay them overtime at time and a half. This is a dramatic increase from the former...

Mother Teresa’s sisters uplift the unwanted people of Gallup

“Drunk Town, USA.” It’s a nickname that will make most residents of Gallup cringe, or roll their eyes, or shrug sadly. They didn’t ask for it, but the name, given to the town by passing motorists in the 1980s, still lingers.

You see, Gallup still has a problem: the presence of homeless, vagrant, or wandering people, mostly Native American, nearly all struggling with addiction and alcoholism.

Every year, the deaths from exposure, cold, and street injuries reach into double digits. And no one seems to have a concrete solution.

From the day Gallup received its nickname to the present day, the debate carries on. And...

The generation gap of the early 21st century is different than the one that led sociologists to coin that term in the 1960s, when young-adult baby boomers were advised not to trust anyone over 30.

Today’s workplace might include people in their late teens up to their 70s. Managing that multigenerational mélange presents many of the same challenges as managing a multicultural one, but it also offers a rich resource for businesses that understand the strengths and benefits of diversity and appreciate that every employee, regardless of age, wants to work with others toward a common goal and feel productive and valued.

Finding this common ground is critical to minimizing...