Actually congress has drafted about 6,200 bills so far and passed several hundred of them. But Obama doesn't want work to get done so he vetos many of them even the big ones like the keystone xl. Then Obama makes his own laws through executive orders.
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.