diff --git a/src/features/posts/Feed.js b/src/features/posts/Feed.js
index 621560e..0fd42a7 100644
--- a/src/features/posts/Feed.js
+++ b/src/features/posts/Feed.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { fetchBySub } from "./postsSlice";
 import { selectAllSubs } from "../reddit/redditSlice";
 import { useSelector, useDispatch } from "react-redux";
+import { updatePosts } from "./postsSlice";
 import { v4 } from "uuid";
 import Post from "./Post";
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export default function Feed() {
         if (subArray) {
             prepareData();
         }
-    }, [setEndpoints]);
+    }, [setEndpoints, subs]);
 
     
     
@@ -69,9 +70,21 @@ export default function Feed() {
                     }
                 };
 
-                extractedPosts = extractedPosts.sort((x,y) => x.created_utc > y.created_utc);     // sorts posts by sort time (to do: fix this)
+                const comparePosts = (a,b) => {                                 // sorting function: compares time posted within each object in array
+                    if (a.data.created_utc > b.data.created_utc) {
+                        return -1;
+                    } else if (a.data.created_utc < b.data.created_utc) {
+                        return 1;
+                    } else {
+                        return 0;
+                    }
+                }
 
-                let newFeed = extractedPosts.map((post) => {
+                let sortedPosts = extractedPosts.sort(comparePosts);        // implements sorting function
+
+                console.log(sortedPosts);
+
+                let newFeed = sortedPosts.map((post) => {
                     return (
                         <Post 
                             title={post.data.title}         // each variable passed in as props
@@ -81,10 +94,10 @@ export default function Feed() {
                             comments={post.data.num_comments}
                             time={post.data.created_utc}
                             key={v4()}
-                            media={post.data.post_hint === 'image' && post.url}
+                            media={post.data.post_hint === 'image' && post.data.url}
                             permalink={post.data.permalink}
                             selftext={post.data.selftext}
-                            video={post.data.is_video ? post.data.media.reddit_video.fallback_url : null}
+                            video={post.data.is_video ? post.data.media.reddit_video.fallback_url : null}       // to do: handle media edge cases, especially video
                         />
                     );
                 })
@@ -94,13 +107,15 @@ export default function Feed() {
 
         }
 
-        mapPosts();
+        if (isActive) {
+            mapPosts();
+        }
 
         return () => {
             isActive = false;
         }
 
-    }, [data, setFeed])
+    }, [data, setFeed]);
 
     return (
         <>
diff --git a/src/features/posts/Post.css b/src/features/posts/Post.css
index 5d29457..e603e2e 100644
--- a/src/features/posts/Post.css
+++ b/src/features/posts/Post.css
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     height: 15rem;
 }
 
-a {
+.title {
     font-size: 2rem;
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ img, video {
     display: inline-flex;
     flex-direction: row;
     justify-content: space-between;
+    align-items: baseline;
 }
 
 .post-text {
diff --git a/src/features/posts/Post.js b/src/features/posts/Post.js
index 1e67c95..a5a1ef0 100644
--- a/src/features/posts/Post.js
+++ b/src/features/posts/Post.js
@@ -4,42 +4,61 @@ import './Post.css';
 export default function Post({title,author,subreddit,ups,comments,time,key,media,permalink,selftext,video}) {
     const limit = 300;
     const [body, setBody] = useState(selftext);
+
+    const postDate = new Date(time * 1000);                 // handles conversion from unix timestamp to local time and date strings
+    const localTime = postDate.toLocaleTimeString();
+    const localDate = postDate.toLocaleDateString();
     
-    // useEffect(() => {
-    //     if (selftext.length === 0) {            // in the case that the post body is empty, it does not include an ellipsis on mouseout
-    //         return;
-    //     } else if (selftext.length > limit) {
-    //         setBody(selftext.substring(0,limit) + '...');
-    //     } else {
-    //         return;
-    //     }
-    // }, [setBody, selftext]);
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (selftext.length === 0) {            // in the case that the post body is empty, it does not include an ellipsis on mouseout
+            return;
+        } else if (selftext.length > limit) {
+            setBody(selftext.substring(0,limit) + '...');
+        } else {
+            return;
+        }
+    }, [setBody, selftext]);
 
-    // const handleHover = () => {
-    //     setBody(selftext);
-    // }
+    const handleHover = () => {
+        setBody(selftext);
+    }
 
-    // const handleMouseOut = () => {
-    //     if (selftext.length === 0) {        // ...and then doesn't add it in after a mouseover/out
-    //         return;
-    //     }
+    const handleMouseOut = () => {
+        if (selftext.length === 0) {        // ...and then doesn't add it in after a mouseover/out
+            return;
+        }
 
-    //     setBody(selftext.substring(0,limit) + '...');
-    // }
+        setBody(selftext.substring(0,limit) + '...');
+    }
     
     return (
         <>
         <div className="post-body">
-            <a className="title" href={`https://reddit.com${permalink}`}>{title ? title : 'title'}</a>
-            {media ?     <img alt={title} src={media} />                           : ''}
-            {video ?     <video controls type="video/mp4" src={video}></video>     : ''}
-            <p className="post-text">{body}</p>
+
+            {title ?
+                <a className="title" href={`https://reddit.com${permalink}`}>{title}</a>
+            : <p>[untitled]</p>}
+
+            {media ? <img alt={title} src={media} /> : ''}
+
+            {video ? 
+                <video controls type="video/mp4" src={video}></video>
+            : ''}
+
+            {body ?
+                <p onMouseOver={handleHover} onMouseOut={handleMouseOut}>{body}</p>
+            : ''}
+
             <div className="post-metadata">
-                <p>{subreddit ? 'r/' + subreddit : ''}</p>
+                <a href={`https://www.reddit.com${permalink}`}>
+                    {subreddit ? 'r/' + subreddit  : ''}
+                </a>
+                
                 <p className="user">{author ? 'u/' + author : 'u/username'}</p>
-                <p className="time-posted">posted at {time ? time : '...?'}</p>
+                <p className="time-posted">posted at {time ? (localTime + ' on ' + localDate) : '...?'}</p>
                 <p className="num-comments">{comments ? comments : 'no'} comments</p>
             </div>
+
         </div>
         </>
     );
diff --git a/src/features/posts/postsSlice.js b/src/features/posts/postsSlice.js
index e5edaae..2ef0e54 100644
--- a/src/features/posts/postsSlice.js
+++ b/src/features/posts/postsSlice.js
@@ -52,5 +52,4 @@ export const postsSlice = createSlice({
 export default postsSlice.reducer;
 export const selectPosts = state => state.postsSlice.posts;
 export const { filterPosts, updatePosts } = postsSlice.actions;
-// exports also includes fetchBySub (takes argument of a sub)
-// exports also includes fetchFromAll (takes argument of an array of subs)
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+// exports also includes fetchBySub (takes argument of a sub)
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diff --git a/src/features/reddit/redditSlice.js b/src/features/reddit/redditSlice.js
index 6ea3ab4..adc9cba 100644
--- a/src/features/reddit/redditSlice.js
+++ b/src/features/reddit/redditSlice.js
@@ -64,9 +64,8 @@ export const redditSlice = createSlice({
         },
     },
     reducers: {
-        updateSubVisibility(state,action) {
-            // reads state of buttons in Sidebar component to determine whether each is active
-            // connects with post rendering, filtering out posts belonging to inactive subreddits
+        updateSubVisibility(state,action) {             // receives a subreddit name as action.payload
+            state.subreddits[action.payload].isSelected = !state.subreddits[action.payload].isSelected;
         }
     },
     extraReducers: {},
@@ -74,4 +73,15 @@ export const redditSlice = createSlice({
 
 export default redditSlice.reducer;
 export const selectAllSubs = state => state.redditSlice.subreddits;
+export const selectActiveSubs = state => {
+    let activeSubs = [];
+    for (let it in state.redditSlice.subreddits) {
+        if (it.isSelected) {
+            activeSubs.push(it);
+        } else {
+            continue;
+        }
+    }
+    return activeSubs;
+}
 export const { updateSubVisibility } = redditSlice.actions;
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diff --git a/src/features/sidebar/Sidebar.js b/src/features/sidebar/Sidebar.js
index 48ba589..0bb5e8e 100644
--- a/src/features/sidebar/Sidebar.js
+++ b/src/features/sidebar/Sidebar.js
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import React, { useRef, useState } from "react";
-import { useSelector } from "react-redux";
+import { useSelector, useDispatch } from "react-redux";
 import { selectAllSubs } from "../reddit/redditSlice";
+import SidebarItem from "./SidebarItem";
 import './Sidebar.css';
 
 export default function Sidebar({isCollapsed}) {
+    const dispatch = useDispatch();
 
     const allSubs = useSelector(selectAllSubs);
     let arrayOfSubs = Object.keys(allSubs);
@@ -24,16 +26,17 @@ export default function Sidebar({isCollapsed}) {
         }
     }
 
+    const handleClick = (e) => {
+
+    }
+
     return (
         <>
         <div className={isCollapsed ? 'sidebar-hidden' : 'sidebar'}>  {/* Is collapsed is passed from the parent component, and is mutable within the navbar */}
             {
                 subs.map((sub) => {             // Maps each sub to its own line within the sidebar, along with a button that toggles its "isSelected" property
                     return (
-                        <div className="individual-sub">
-                            <button className="toggle-sub-active">X</button>    {/* This button will dispatch an action to change the state of this specific subreddit */}
-                            <p>{sub}</p>
-                        </div>
+                        <SidebarItem sub={sub} isChecked={true}/>
                     )
                 })
             }
diff --git a/src/features/sidebar/SidebarItem.js b/src/features/sidebar/SidebarItem.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d0ba87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/sidebar/SidebarItem.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React, { useState } from "react";
+import { useDispatch, useSelector } from "react-redux";
+import { updateSubVisibility, selectAllSubs } from "../reddit/redditSlice";
+
+export default function SidebarItem({sub, isChecked}) {
+    const [checked, setChecked] = useState(isChecked);
+    const dispatch = useDispatch();
+    const allSubs = useSelector(selectAllSubs);
+
+    const handleClick = () => {
+        setChecked(!checked);
+        dispatch(updateSubVisibility(sub));
+    }
+
+    console.log(allSubs);
+
+    return (
+        <div className="individual-sub">
+            <input type="checkbox" id={sub} htmlFor={sub} checked={checked} onChange={handleClick}></input>
+            <label htmlFor={sub}>{sub}</label>
+        </div>
+    );
+}
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