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Zoey Howell-Brown

Zoey Howell-Brown is a freelance technology reporter, community organizer, visual art instructor and award-winning arts administrator, acknowledged by the City of Baltimore in 2018. Their work has been featured in Broadband Breakfast, a D.C. news organization focused on tech, broadband and the internet, as well as The Real News Network, and Georgetown University via the Center for Security and Emerging Technology.

Zoey's Latest Articles

Eight Police Cars Swarm a Black Teen, Guns Drawn, Over a Bag of Chips. The AI That Called Them Is Coming to Schools Nationwide

By Zoey Howell-Brown ● Technology & AI ● July 9, 2026

From Baltimore to Kansas, states are pouring millions into militarized surveillance software for schools. An investigation into the AI that sent armed police after a Black teen holding a bag of Doritos.