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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The Democratic Healthcare Hoax

Luke Savage / Truthdig Aug 20, 2026 How long can America’s nominal liberal party continue opposing "Medicare for All" while boldly supporting a vague “path forward”? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed face off Tuesday in Michigan

Opinion

The Electability Hustle

Luke Savage / Truthdig Aug 4, 2026 Centrist arguments about who is or isn't "electable" have always been about disciplining the Democratic base rather than actually winning elections. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks to the Faith & Freedom Coalition

Politics

The New Red Scare Is Dumber Than Ones Past

Luke Savage / Truthdig Jul 14, 2026 The appeal of socialism once inspired intellectual ferment on the right. Today, its critique of the left is completely out of gas. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and wife Victoria

Europe

Starmer-ism’s Endgame

Luke Savage / Truthdig May 18, 2026 Under the leadership of Keir Starmer, Labor bled 100,000 members, was outflanked by the Tories from the left on corporate taxes, and delivered an electoral catastrophe. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Opinion

Goodbye Traditionalism, Hello Jesus Slop

Luke Savage / Truthdig May 6, 2026 Why the new Christian right looks so different from the old. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Opinion

Pod Couldn’t Save America

Luke Savage / Truthdig Mar 25, 2026 "Resistance" culture — centered around Robert Mueller’s Russia probe — was a disaster for progressives and the Democratic party. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks to the media at Downing Street, in London

Europe

Pretending Corbyn Never Won

Luke Savage / Truthdig Mar 18, 2026 On left-liberal coalitions, the Labour Party, and a load-bearing myth of centrist politics. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Media

Empire of Slop

Luke Savage / Truthdig Mar 13, 2026 Our technical capacity to render fantasy has never been greater. Mass entertainment has never been worse. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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 )

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