1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgSandra Spicherhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/sandra-spicher/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HeoBwk47Xi"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1431-book-review-nowhere-else-but-brownsville/">Book Review</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1431-book-review-nowhere-else-but-brownsville/embed/#?secret=HeoBwk47Xi" width="600" height="338" title="“Book Review” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="HeoBwk47Xi" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> By Oscar Casares To the national media Brownsville is home to ruthless narcotraficantes and heartless polleros, traffickers in human flesh who cram unsuspecting immigrants into suffocating containers. To the business press the self-proclaimed “Crossroads of the Hemisphere” is a poster child for NAFTA. In the hands of native son Os-car Casares, whose debut short story […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402