MINNEAPOLIS — The pain in Bonnie Raitt's voice was palpable over the phone. Not the I-Can't-Make-You-Love-Me agony, but the life-as-we-know-it-is-getting-so-hard suffering.
The reversal of Roe v. Wade for women's rights, the war in Ukraine, voting rights restrictions, the murder of George Floyd, climate change and the surge in gun violence, among other things, have rankled the longtime activist for progressive causes.
Raitt speaks out in interviews, on social media and at countless benefit concerts, but she doesn't jump on a soapbox at her own shows.
