Why APA Leadership Should Resign Over Torture Scandal, And Why You Should Care

Sometimes good people make tragically bad decisions. Such is the case with the leadership of the American Psychological Association (APA). Starting after 9/11, and continuing to the present day, APA leadership has made a series of bad decisions, ones with appalling and destructive consequence. Significant numbers of people have been harmed. Opportunities to apply psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people's lives have been lost. The public trust in the profession of psychology has been undermined. Things are so bad that the only way forward now is for the involved leadership to resign.