The phrase "addressing the root issues" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the importance of tackling fundamental problems or causes in a situation rather than just dealing with surface-level symptoms.
Example: "In order to create lasting change, we must focus on addressing the root issues that contribute to the ongoing challenges in our community."
Alternatives: "tackling the underlying problems" or "confronting the fundamental issues".
The same people who are leading the way in making a protest more refined and tasteful for middle-class Americans, while failing to address the root issues of said protest.
Tangible barriers might inspire confidence in some citizens and placate the European community, but a wall can only be part of a comprehensive strategy that addresses the root issues of terrorism, overhauls the country's weak and corrupt security apparatus, and critically allocates funds.
And while these concerns are valid and urgent, they don't address the root issues of why only a few films made by women and filmmakers of color are deemed worthy of consideration each year, or why films about contemporary black life are continually ignored in Oscar conversations.
And while these concerns are valid and urgent, they don't address the root issues of why only a few films made by women and filmmakers of colour are deemed worthy of consideration each year, or why films about contemporary black life are continually ignored in Oscar conversations.
Panpsychism may be able to provide the foundation for a new paradigm that addresses the root issues of our dislocation from nature.
The White House proposals late last year to bolster the F.D.A.'s regulation of Internet pharmacies as a way of dealing with this problem does not address the root issue: we hate gatekeepers; we like self-care.
Experts warn, though, that what is needed now is not another working paper proposing new levels of euro bureaucracy, but a clear action plan that addresses the root issue: markets and investors have lost faith in Europe's ability to regulate its banks.
In both the church and the military, policies and programs fail because they do not address the root issue of male-only, hierachical power.
Prescribers were most successful in overcoming patient objections to LAIs by decomposing resistance to uncover the severity of resistance and investigate beyond the initially stated problem to address the root issue.
