How do I protect myself from mistreatment from bosses?

Know your freedoms and theirs like the back of your hand. Don't abuse those freedoms though. Continue to do what you have always done, but if you are under their close watch, be prepared for the worst.

I say that because it sounds like you're in a stalemate.

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.