Luke Savage

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Luke Savage is a columnist at Jacobin. His work has previously been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Guardian, New Statesman, and Smithsonian. He is the author of The Dead Center: Reflections on...

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President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

Politics

The Hollow Truth of the Carney Doctrine

Luke Savage / Truthdig Mar 4, 2026 Canada's strategy of appeasement is both a moral disgrace and a strategic error. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Media

The Reasonable Middle Has Always Been an Elitist Mirage

Luke Savage / Truthdig Jan 29, 2026 Bari Weiss's incompetent rebrand of CBS is just the 2000s-era reactionary "freethinker" grift adapted for the age of Donald Trump. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

World

Thinking About the Carney Doctrine

Luke Savage / Truthdig Jan 23, 2026 At Davos, did the Canadian prime minister evoke a new progressive internationalism — or a new conservative realpolitik? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Opinion

Why Starbucks Sucks Now

Luke Savage / Truthdig Nov 28, 2025 Consumed by corporate greed, the company faces boycotts, strikes, and a sinking reputation. But its own workers can save it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

If This Is Opposition, Then What Would Surrender Look Like?

Luke Savage / Truthdig Oct 1, 2025 In a long line of inept, morally compromised Democratic leaders, Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are peerless. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

Jimmy Kimmel and Disney’s Mickey Mouse Democracy

Luke Savage / Truthdig Sep 24, 2025 A society needs to be backstopped by stronger institutions than consumer demand and the moral rectitude of industry titans. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

Welcome to the Age of Post-Liberalism

Luke Savage / Truthdig Sep 5, 2025 In their quest to outflank the far-right, elite liberals on both sides of the Atlantic are increasingly indistinguishable from the very thing they claim to be a bulwark against. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Agony and the Ecstasy of Matt Yglesias

Luke Savage / Truthdig Aug 21, 2025 The centrist contrarian struggles to comprehend that some people orient themselves politically on the basis of moral and ethical commitments. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Opinion

Mark Carney’s Fully Automated Luxury Centrism

Luke Savage / Truthdig Aug 13, 2025 Canada’s banker-turned-prime minister embraces the neoliberal consensus, but also understands its profound unpopularity better than most. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Column

The Sad, Long Goodbye

Luke Savage / Truthdig Jan 20, 2025 Joe Biden’s lame-duck period was a fitting mirror to the worst elements of his single term. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Original

The Ominous Return of Jed Bartlet

Luke Savage / Truthdig Oct 10, 2024 Why the current ‘West Wing’ renaissance is an unsettling omen for the Democrats. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )