Jasmine Mithani

Interim Data and Technology Reporter

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LOS ANGELES—Last week, the official social media accounts of the Department of Homeland Security deviated from a series of action shots of Secretary Kristi Noem and various law enforcement officers to post a painting from the 19th century.

“American Progress” portrays a floating White woman leading the charge for homesteaders and technological progress, herding buffalo and Native people off western lands.

The painting, completed in 1872 by John Gast, is on display at the Autry Museum of the American West, nestled in the hills of Los Angeles. Over the weekend, it hosted festivities for the National Day of the Cowboy and Cowgirl , during which Stephen Aron, the museum’s dir

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