Democracy is a process, a vibrant living sweep of hope and progress, according to community organizer Saul Alinsky. In 2015 12th Graders at Science Leadership Academy began an investigation of the state of democracy in America today. Nearly two hundred years after Alexis de Tocqueville, these Philly youth createdprojects that provide insights and a clear path forward as people in the United States continually reconfigure the shape of Democracy in America.