Yes, I've got a link to Hub Pages on my profile so that they can have a look at articles I've written. If potential employers are so stuck up that they look down on Hub Page articles, then I wouldn't want to work for them anyway! They should be basing your suitability on the quality of your work not on their personal view of a particular website.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.