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If you want to help after the Nashville tornadoes, give cash, not clothing and other stuff

  • Written by Julia Brooks, Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
The wreckage in Nashville was extreme.AP Photo/Wade Payne

Powerful storms and tornadoes left a trail of devastation as they ripped through Nashville on March 3, killing 25 people, injuring dozens more and leaving hundreds homeless. As first responders and residents of the Tennessee city searched for the missing, assessed the damage and began to...

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