evidence: The divide between Wall Street and Main Street has grown sharply in recent weeks, amid the coronavirus pandemic and widespread civil unrest. To many, the market’s rise appeared as both cause and symptom of the widening gap between the country's haves and have-nots. [...] Small businesses are struggling with stay-at-home-mandated closures combined with protests and, in some cases, property damage from riots and looting. Romal expressed frustration that Wall Street isn’t doing more to help Main Streets across the country. That task, she said, seems to have been left to ordinary Americans, many of whom are facing financial insecurity themselves.