diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index 125e2a6..01615e6 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   Route,
   Navigate,
 } from "react-router-dom";
+import PublicFeed from './components/PublicFeed/PublicFeed';
 import Feed from './components/Feed/Feed';
 import SignIn from './components/SignIn/SignIn';
 import Submission from './components/Submission/Submission';
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ const App = () => {
 
             {/* comment the following line during development */}
             {/* logic to protect from seeing feed without logging in */}
+            <Route path="/public" element={user ? <PublicFeed /> : <Navigate to="/" />} />
             <Route path="/feed" element={user ? <Feed /> : <Navigate to="/" />} />
             <Route path="/submission" element={user ? <Submission userName={user}/> : <Navigate to="/" />} />
             <Route path="/search" element={user ? <SearchPage /> : <Navigate to="/" />} />
diff --git a/src/components/Feed/Feed.jsx b/src/components/Feed/Feed.jsx
index 93e7509..9e72ef1 100644
--- a/src/components/Feed/Feed.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Feed/Feed.jsx
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
 import Post from '../Post/Post';
 import NavigationBar from '../NavigationBar/NavigationBar';
+import RestoreIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Restore';
+import PeopleIcon from '@mui/icons-material/People';
+import PublicIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Public';
+import Tabs from '@mui/material/Tabs';
+import Tab from '@mui/material/Tab';
+import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
 import { Container, Box, Stack } from '@mui/material';
 import { collection, getDocs } from "firebase/firestore"; 
 import {db} from "../../utilities/firebase";
@@ -47,10 +53,20 @@ function Feed() {
     fetchPosts();
   }, []);
 
+    const [value, setValue] = React.useState(0);
+  
+    const handleChange = (event, newValue) => {
+      setValue(newValue);
+    };
+
   console.log(posts[0]);
   return (
     <div>
       <AppBar />
+      <Tabs value={value} onChange={handleChange} centered>
+        <Tab label="Friends" icon={<PeopleIcon />} component={Link} to="/feed" />
+        <Tab label="Public" icon={<PublicIcon />} component={Link} to="/public" />
+      </Tabs>
       <Container maxWidth="sm">
         <Box paddingBottom="30px">
           <Stack spacing={3}>
diff --git a/src/components/PublicFeed/PublicFeed.css b/src/components/PublicFeed/PublicFeed.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b55a61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/PublicFeed/PublicFeed.css
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+.feed-screen {
+    background-color: white;
+    width: 100%;
+}
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diff --git a/src/components/PublicFeed/PublicFeed.jsx b/src/components/PublicFeed/PublicFeed.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fc67bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/PublicFeed/PublicFeed.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import Post from '../Post/Post';
+import NavigationBar from '../NavigationBar/NavigationBar';
+import RestoreIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Restore';
+import PeopleIcon from '@mui/icons-material/People';
+import PublicIcon from '@mui/icons-material/Public';
+import Tabs from '@mui/material/Tabs';
+import Tab from '@mui/material/Tab';
+import { Link } from "react-router-dom";
+import { Container, Box, Stack } from '@mui/material';
+import { collection, getDocs } from "firebase/firestore"; 
+import {db} from "../../utilities/firebase";
+import "./PublicFeed.css";
+import AppBar from '../AppBar/AppBar';
+
+const fake_post = {
+    id: 1, // automatically assigned
+    title: "I LOVE CS394",
+    course_name: "CS 394",
+    username: "john12nu", // no need to fill this out in the submission form
+    quarter: "Fall 2024",
+    body: "I had such an amazing time taking CS394. Highly recommend!",
+    rating: "5",
+    professor: "Prof. Riesbeck",
+    date: "January 10th, 2024", // use JS object to retrieve the date posted
+};
+
+async function getPostsFromDB() {
+  // get all the posts from the database
+
+  // might have to make a "public" database for public posts
+  const querySnapshot = await getDocs(collection(db, "publicPosts"));
+  const posts = [];
+  querySnapshot.forEach((doc) => {
+      posts.push({id: doc.id, ...doc.data()});
+  });
+  return posts;
+}
+
+const fake_friends = ["Alice", "Bob", "Charlie", "David"];
+
+function PublicFeed() {
+  const [posts, setPosts] = useState([]);
+  // useEffect runs every time the component is rendered
+  useEffect(() => {
+    // wait for all posts from database to be fetched
+    async function fetchPosts() {
+      try {
+        const fetchedPosts = await getPostsFromDB();
+        setPosts(fetchedPosts);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Error fetching posts: ", error);
+      }
+    }
+    fetchPosts();
+  }, []);
+
+  const [value, setValue] = React.useState(1);
+
+  const handleChange = (event, newValue) => {
+    setValue(newValue);
+  };
+
+  console.log(posts[0]);
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <AppBar />
+      <Tabs value={value} onChange={handleChange} centered>
+        <Tab label="Friends" icon={<PeopleIcon />} component={Link} to="/feed" />
+        <Tab label="Public" icon={<PublicIcon />} component={Link} to="/public" />
+      </Tabs>
+      <Container maxWidth="sm">
+        <Box paddingBottom="30px">
+          <Stack spacing={3}>
+              { posts.length === 0 ?
+                (<p>Loading posts...</p>) :
+                  (posts
+                    .slice()
+                    .sort((a, b) => b.date.seconds - a.date.seconds).map((post) => 
+                    <div key={post.id}>
+                      <Post post={post} friends={fake_friends} />
+                    </div>)
+                  )
+              }
+          </Stack>
+        </Box>
+      </Container>
+    <NavigationBar />
+    </div>
+  )
+};
+
+export default PublicFeed;
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