| A Congress where the simple work of avoiding default is suddenly in doubt. A Supreme Court shaken by the leaked draft of a historic decision. And an approaching primary season set to feature a former president who sought to defy the will of the voters. You're not alone if you worry about the future of American democracy. Danielle Allen, Post columnist and eminent political theorist, is worried, too. And so she's inviting all of us to join her in a year-long discussion of what we can do about it. In a first installment this week, Allen explains her goals for what she frames as a modern-day rehab of our centuries-old constitutional republic. "This year, I am dedicating my Washington Post column to this project of democracy renovation," she writes. "In the essays that will follow, I will share what appears to be the most important democracy renovations for tackling the Great Pulling Apart." The political fights of the year to come are important, of course, but Allen proposes a different kind of conversation alongside them, about our system not as it is but as it could be, if we put in the work. The goal is to spark a conversation grounded not in despair and loss but in hope and the continuing American story that is our shared inheritance. So, no, you are not alone. "Many others are here with me — with us — and with their own American origin stories," Allen writes. "We have much to talk about."  (Brian Stauffer for The Post) Our challenges are simply that our family is bigger now. Systems are straining under the scale and complexity of our family's needs. By Danielle Allen ● Read more » | | | | The government's focus should shift toward helping the most vulnerable. By Leana S. Wen ● Read more » | | | | It was dumb to ask which candidate you'd want to have a beer with. But this is worse. By Paul Waldman ● Read more » | | | Marie Kondo has three kids now, so tidy's gone out the door. But we still have too much stuff. By Tracy Moore ● Read more » | | | | Incoherent conspiracy theories don't make for good TV. By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more » | | | | The found poems illuminated the hidden thoughts of teens. They are hurting, even though they try to appear tough to their peers and unafraid to their teachers. By Donna Lewis Johnson ● Read more » | | | Florida officials called an African American history course divisive — but Black studies was always meant to create a stronger sense of American identity. By Mark Whitaker ● Read more » | | | | 
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