You say you wanted to be open-minded, but then used the term "fascist views". Yet, going to one of the links you provided - the very first one in fact - I find this in their text:

"a social policy that expects and rewards work; a “shared responsibility” model for universal health care now embraced by President Obama; performance-based and fiscally responsible government; a “second generation” of environmental policies that move beyond command-and-control regulation; public charter schools and accountability in education; and a tough-minded progressive internationalism that harnesses America’s strength to defend liberal democracy"

Ok, I see a little socialism in there. But charter schools, performance-based and *fiscally responsible* government? Accountability in education? Defending liberal democracy?

Those are fascist views?

But going to some of your other links, like the Millenial Generation PDF you linked to, I found this little nugget that seemed to expose one of the undercurrents:

"Millennials are more likely than older Americans to support efforts to raise the minimum
wage. Their view tends to be that full-time workers should be able to earn enough to support the basic needs of their families"

Nobody said you were supposed to raise a family on minimum wage. WHERE did anyone get this idea? Minimum wage is where you START - then you make yourself better and worth more. This is where I started (around $2.50 at the time) and I did this radical thing about affordable housing - I took on roomates. My daughter is also doing this as she's just getting started.

Progressivefix.com seems to be more rational than americanprogress.org, at least at first glance.

The latter is internally incosistent. they quote support for unions and say they are important, but then seem to contradict that when it comes to education - the teacher unions being curiously omitted from even being mentioned.