Senator Ruben Gallego celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month and emphasizes the contributions of Hispanic Americans to the nation's culture and the importance of policies supporting Latino families.

Here’s when Hispanic Heritage Month 2025 starts and ends, what it is, when it began and why it starts halfway into the month.

Hispanic Heritage Month comes at a time in the U.S. when more than 68 million people identify as ethnically Hispanic, according to the latest census estimates.

Discover the ways famous Hispanic Americans like Pope Leo XIV, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Moreno, Ted Cruz, and more have left their mark.

ICE raids, the federally led English-only initiative and an anti-DEI push have changed the national climate in which Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations occur -- when they do at all.

The timing of the period centers around Latin American nations, with five Central American countries — Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua — marking their national independence days Sept. 15, followed by Mexico Sept. 16, Chile Sept. 18 and Belize Sept. 21, the National Museum of the American Latino notes.

Milwaukee County unveils a special Hispanic Heritage bus design to honor the influence of Hispanic and Latino communities.

Observed annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, National Hispanic Heritage Month coincides with the independence days of several Latin American countries.