You can't see your HubPages earnings in your Google Account (only AdSense) because the two programs are separated and independent one from another. Go to "My Account" on Hubpages, click on the "Earnings" tab and then click "HubPages Ad Program Reports" in your Affiliate Settings to see your progress in the Hubpages Ad Program.
You are going to have to make yourself a URL channel for hubpages if you want Adsense to document your clicks and earnings. I just wrote a hub on this exact topic yesterday, really short read - let me know if you have any questions! paulpd0.hubpages.com/hub/Tracking-the-Ea... hub focuses on creating individual channels for your hubs so you can see the clicks per article, but you can simply add hubpages.com to track clicks from HP as one single channel.
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.