Rory O'Sullivan

Bio

Rory is the Policy Director at Young Invincibles where he oversees the organization’s policy and advocacy work. He is an expert in economic, higher education, and health care policy as they relate to young adults. His work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, ABC News Online, Yahoo News, the LA Times, and the Christian Science Monitor among others. Before moving to Washington D.C. for graduate school, Rory worked for a law firm and state senate campaign in his home-town of San Francisco. He graduated from Pomona College in 2006 with a B.A. in Philosophy Politics, and Economics, and he completed a joint J.D./M.P.P. in 2011 at Georgetown University.
BLS Jobs Report: Millennial Unemployment is Up to 11.8%
By Rory O'Sullivan
Follow @policymic The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released their monthly jobs report showing unemployment for millennials aged 18-29 ticked up to 11.8%, from 11.6% last month. For young people aged 16-24, unemployment remained at 15.6%.…
We Should Be Very Worried About the Drop in Millennial Unemployment
By Rory O'Sullivan
Co-authored with Tom Allison. The economy added 162,000 jobs in July as the unemployment rate fell from 7.6% in June to 7.4%. The unemployment rate for 18- to 29 year-olds also declined in July to 11.4% from 12% in June. For younger workers, ages 16…
New Unemployment Rate: Millennial Joblessness Jumps to 11.6%, and That's Bad News If You're Looking For Work
By Rory O'Sullivan
Brian Burrell contributed to this story. Last month, the economy added 175,000 jobs while the national unemployment rate ticked up to 7.6% from 7.5% last month. For millennials ages 18 to 29, the unemployment rate rose from 11.1% in April 2013 to…
It's Been 53 Straight Months Over 10% Millennial Unemployment
By Rory O'Sullivan
Cowritten with Brian Burrell and Frank La Nasa. Last month, the economy added 165,000 jobs and the national unemployment rate decreased to 7.5%. Unemployment for 18 to 29 year-olds declined from 11.7% in March to 11.1% in April. For 16-24 year olds…
Gone Missing: The American Dream
By Rory O'Sullivan
By Brian Burrell and Rory O’Sullivan The official jobs numbers came out this morning showing that the economy added a disappointing 88,000 jobs and unemployment fell slightly in March to 7.6% from 7.7% in February. Millennials, age 18-to-29, saw…
Millennial Unemployment: Drops to 12.5%, But Sequestration Could Increase It
By Rory O'Sullivan
The Department of Labor released the latest unemployment numbers today, showing serious progress has been made. However, the recovery has still failed to pull our generation out of a very deep hole. The economy added 236,000 jobs as the national…
SOTU 2013: Millennials Need Action to Follow Talk
By Rory O'Sullivan
A mere three months since millennials swarmed the ballot box in favor of Barack Obama, the president’s stated priorities in his yearly address match those of America's youngest adult generation. Polling consistently shows the young voters want jobs,…
January Jobs Report Shows Young Workers Falling Further Behind With Serious Long Term Consequences
By Rory O'Sullivan
Brian Burrell from the Young Invincibles co-authored this story A lot can change in 10 years. Twitter, Facebook, and Netflix didn’t exist a decade ago. Nor did Angry Birds or Ruzzle. Young workers also held 1.5 million more jobs than they do…
Youth Unemployment Crisis: 2.7 Million Youth Jobs Lost in America Due to Great Recession
By Rory O'Sullivan
This article was co-authored with Alistair Johnston. Recent media reports have highlighted pervasive youth unemployment, yet the welcome attention often fails to grasp the gravity of the problem. Today, Young Invincibles released a report estimating…
Affordable Care Act Will Expand Coverage and Cut Health Care Costs
By Rory O'Sullivan
I would like to respond directly to Richard Lorenc’s argument that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is bad policy. The thrust of his case is that the ACA is anti-market and anti-individual liberty. But neither point withstands careful scrutiny. First,…