Most people don't make minimum wage and would quit over a pay cut. Our state minimum wage is over 9 but we never started anyone under 12-15 even 10 years ago never under 15 the last few years. You can't find good people under that so only places that can deal with teens and other unqualified people can pay minimum wage.
To pay less would mean hiring even a lower qualified person like someone on drugs.
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.