Highlights from this month's print and digital editions:

 

Newsmark

 

Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed strategies to ensure Russia’s defeat in Ukraine during their September meeting in Warsaw.

 

SW Poland experienced devastating floods due to torrential rains, particularly in the voivodeships of Dolnoslaskie, Opolskie, Slaskie, and Malopolskie.

 

Six Warsaw University students and their lecturer have returned to Poland after being detained in Nigeria during anti-government protests.

 

Poland has developed a compact drone called the X-Frontier, which is designed for infantry soldiers and offers strike ability due to its small size.

 

Boeing formally offered the CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter to Poland to support the country’s heavy transport needs. 

 

Poland’s government has reported security services have broken up a group of saboteurs working on behalf of Russia and Belarus who were targeting Polish institutions.

 

Poland plans to install 6-9 GW of nuclear power in six units by 2042 to decarbonize its energy sector, which is heavily reliant on coal.

 

Polish school children’s physical fitness has significantly declined compared to 15-20 years ago, according to Sports Minister Slawomir Nitras.

 

Editorial

Polish Heritage Month: A Time to Pay it Forward

 

Feature

Polonia May Once Again Hold Key to Oval Office

 

Book Review

The Origins of Prosperity

 

Polka News

Boosters' Club Picnic a Smashing Success

 

If you are not a subscriber, here's what you are missing in this month's PAJ:

 

• PAJF Kamylla and Czeslaw Kaszuba Scholarship Winner Magda Slowakiewicz Interviews  Michael Wolski on Maintaining Polish Heritage Through Sport
• Get Out and Vote
• Remember our Veterans
• Meet Our Scholarship Winners
• Polonia Places: St. Mary of Ostrabrama in South River, New Jersey
• Felician Sisters Celebrate Their Sesquicentennial Closings and Mergers Announced
• Book reviews: East Side, West Side
• Something to Sing About
• Piast Institute Seeks Nominations for Top Michigan Pol-Ams
• Poland Wins 10 Medals, One Gold, in Paris
• Juda shows Polish American Pride
• ACPC Holds 76th Convention in Chicago
• 50th Anniversary of the PHAM
• PSAA Board Meets, Discusses 2026 Convention, Scholarship Recipients
• Theater Review: "Zostan, Posluchaj!"
• PGV Language Classes Start
• Cabbage Roll Soup and Fried Pork Cutlets
• Christmas Classic: Pierniczki
• Pierogi Chefs Meet
• “This Night We Will Be Dying for Poland and Civilization”
• Obituaries: Former Congressman Henry J. Nowak; Susan Marzec, Activist, Choreographer, and Store Owner;  Susan Wojcicki, Leader in Internet Growth; Thomas P. Kopetskie, Sr., Long-time Polish Advocate; Community Activist Robert “Bob” Sienkiewicz; Joan Trybala Batory, Environmentalist, led Recycling Programs
• Kenny Olowin Honored for 40 Years of Promoting Polkas
• Rhode Island Polonia Scholarship Foundation Winners
• Alliance Alumni Meet
• and more!